Kasserman v. Sams’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The mental status of Lillie M. Kasserman is the subject matter of the suit and while she is not a necessary party to the suit, her death abates the proceedings because there is no longer any subject matter before the Court to be disposed of. Therefore all pending questions at the date of the death of Lillie M. Kasserman become moot both in this court and in the court below.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tingle v. Harvill