US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
ANDERSON V. YUNGKAU, 329 U. S. 482 (1947)
Subscribe to Cases that cite 329 U. S. 482U.S. Supreme Court
Anderson v. Yungkau, 329 U.S. 482 (1947)
Anderson v. Yungkau
No. 87
Argued December 19, 20, 1946
Decided January 13, 1947
329 U.S. 482
Syllabus
Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that,
"If a party dies and the claim is not thereby extinguished, the court within 2 years after the death may order substitution of the proper parties. If substitution is not so made, the action shall be dismissed as to the deceased party."
Held: more than two years after the deaths of defendants, actions may not be revived and their representatives substituted, and the actions should be dismissed -- even though the failure to act within the specified period was the result of "excusable neglect" within the meaning of Rule 6(b). Pp. 329 U. S. 484-486.
153 F.2d 685 affirmed.
The District Court denied motions to revive certain actions against certain parties and substitute their legal representatives more than two years after the deaths of the original parties, and dismissed the actions under Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 F.R.D. 589. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 153 F.2d 685. Affirmed, p. 329 U. S. 486. chanrobles.com-red
