§ 262-80. Abatement of actions by death, disability.  


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  • No action under this article shall abate by reason of the death or disability of any party to any proceeding, but upon suggestion of such death or disability the cause shall be immediately revived in the name of the heirs, devisees, or their legal representatives, and summons shall be served on such heirs, devisees or legal representatives at least five days before the day set for hearing the cause, and said summons may be served in vacation or term time; if the heirs, devisees or legal representatives of the deceased party are nonresidents, notice shall be given them by publication once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county in which the lands described in the petition are situate, and the cause shall then proceed in all respects as in case of the original parties being in court.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 9791 (1923), § 30)