When it appears to the court by affidavit that either party to an action has been dead, or where a party sues, or is sued as a personal representative, that his powers have ceased for a period so long that the action cannot be revived in the names of his representatives or successor, without the consent of both parties, it shall order the action to be stricken from the docket.
§ 37-2-15 NMSA 1978
[When action to be stricken from docket.]
Laws 1884, ch. 5, § 15; C.L. 1884, § 2152; C.L. 1897, § 3101; Code 1915, § 4278; C.S. 1929, § 105-1216; 1941 Comp., § 19-715; 1953 Comp., § 21-7-15.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.