Emmanuel v. Bovino

The defendant has moved to erase this action from the docket on the claim that an alienation of affections suit must abate upon the death of the plaintiff. It is conceded by counsel that the original plaintiff died on August 24, 1966.

This court must now decide whether the cause of action for alienation of affections survives the death of the plaintiff. Our Connecticut survivor-ship statute, General Statutes § 52-599, provides in part as follows: “No cause or right of action shall be lost or destroyed by the death of any person, but it shall survive in favor of or against the executor or…