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RULE 3 PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS

1. CLAIMS THAT SURVIVE THE DEATH OF A PARTY:


a.

Actions to recover real and personal property against the estate;

b.

Actions to enforce liens thereon;

c.Actions to recover for injury to persons or property by reason of tort;


d.

Actions to recover money arising from contract, express or implied.

2. Death of defendant in action on contractual money claims before judgment of RTC NOT
ground for dismissal. Action continues until entry of final judgment. Any judgment
against estate of deceased will be enforced as money claim. Writ of preliminary
attachment, if any, not dissolved.
3. REQUISITES OF PERMISSIVE JOINDER OF PARTIES:
a. Right to relief arises out of the same transaction or series of transactions, whether
jointly, severally, or in the alternative;
b. There is a question of law or fact common to all the plaintiffs and defendants;
c. Such joinder is not otherwise proscribed by the provisions of the Rules on jurisdiction
and venue.

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