WHITMAN, Judge.
A deceased person cannot be a party to a legal proceeding. But the only effect of death is to suspend the action as to the decedent until his legal representative is substituted as a party, assuming of course a pending action where the cause of action survives. Code § 3-501.
While an application for substitution of the legal representative, under the procedure available (Code §§ 3-402, 3-404) when the defendant...
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