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14 §2906. Costs when trustees out of county or reside out of State

§2906. Costs when trustees out of county or reside out of State Persons summoned as trustees, residing out of the county where the action is pending, are not liable for any costs arising on the original process. If the person summoned as trustee is out of the State at the time the summons is served […]

14 §2907. Action fails, costs for defendant and trustee

§2907. Action fails, costs for defendant and trustee When the plaintiff does not support his action, the court shall award costs against him in favor of the principal and in favor of the persons summoned as trustees severally who appeared and submitted to examination on oath, and several executions shall issue accordingly.  

14 §2908. No costs for trustee unless he appears

§2908. No costs for trustee unless he appears When a person, summoned as trustee, does not come into court and declare that he had no property or credits of the principal in his hands when the summons was served and submit himself to examination on oath, the court shall not award costs in his favor […]

14 §2909. Trustee’s liability for costs

§2909. Trustee’s liability for costs If the amount disclosed is as large as the sum recovered in the action, the trustee is liable to no costs after service of the trustee process upon him; otherwise, he is liable to legal costs.  

14 §2910. Trustee’s failure to pay costs when liable

§2910. Trustee’s failure to pay costs when liable If the person summoned as trustee and liable for costs as provided in section 2701 does not voluntarily pay them when demanded by the officer serving the execution, the officer shall state the fact in his return thereon. If it appears thereby that the costs have not […]

14 §2852. Before judgment; administrator cited

§2852. Before judgment; administrator cited If he dies before judgment in the original action, his executor or administrator may appear voluntarily or may be cited to appear as in case of the death of a defendant in an ordinary action. Further proceedings shall then be conducted as if the executor or administrator had been originally […]

14 §2853. Failure of administrator to appear; judgment rendered

§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 […]

14 §2856. Execution where administrator judged trustee

§2856. Execution where administrator judged trustee When an executor or administrator is adjudged trustee on account of goods, effects or credits in his hands or possession merely as executor or administrator in an action originally commenced against him as a trustee, or against the deceased, the execution shall not be served on his own goods […]