Douglas v. Chesterfield County Police Department

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• holding that decedent’s wife, who was named executor in his will, was “not a proper party to file” a tort action on behalf of his estate until she qualified as personal representative
• qualification at time of filing is required for standing; wife’s status as executor in decedent’s will of no effect
• death of a party extends statute of limitations for one year beyond expiration of original statute of limitations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).