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Statutes > Maine > Title14 > Title14ch501sec0 > Title14sec2853Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 5: PROVISIONAL REMEDIES; SECURITY
Chapter 501: TRUSTEE PROCESS
Subchapter 1: PROCEDURE BEFORE JUDGMENT
Article 5: DEATH OF TRUSTEE
§2853. Failure of administrator to appear; judgment rendered
If in such case the executor or administrator does not appear, the plaintiff, instead of suggesting the death of the deceased, may take judgment against him by default or otherwise, as if he were living. The executor or administrator shall pay, on the execution, the amount which he would have been liable to pay to the principal defendant. He shall be thereby discharged from all demands on the part of the principal defendant in the action for the amount so paid, as if he had himself been adjudged trustee.
