Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE – Consequential Orders – Reliefs Personal to Deceased Party – When Reliefs Survive Death of Party

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Reliefs in a representative action survive the death of a party. Where the contest revolves around a chieftaincy stool and parties are sued in a representative capacity (representing families or houses), the death of an individual party does not abate the action. The judgment affects…

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