Rogers v. Adriance

Hoffman, Justice.

The court of chancery adopted a series of rules for continuing a suit in cases of death, changes in the relations of parties, or transfers of their interest in the subject matter. An abatement was treated merely as a suspension of the suit. (1 Sumner, 173.)

The means of continuing the suit were, a bill of revivor, an original bill in the nature of a bill of a revivor, a supplemental bill in nature of a bill of revivor, and a bill of supplement and revivor.

The distinctions need not be noticed, except that a mere bill of revivor was used when there was a direct devolution of…