If someone causes waste (damage or destruction) to a property they are renting or holding, a lawsuit can be filed against that person or against the people who handle their estate after they die. If the lawsuit was already started before the person died, it can keep going against their estate.
537.510. s for , brought against whom. — An action for waste may be brought against the of a , or, if instituted in the lifetime of the tenant, it may be against his representatives after his death.
(RSMo 1939 § 3011)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2624; 1919 § 6918; 1909 § 7921
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