California Code of Civil Procedure 903 – In the event of the death of any person who would, if still alive, …
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In the event of the death of any person who would, if still alive, have a right of appeal, either the attorney of record representing the decedent in the court in which the judgment was rendered, or the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, may file a notice of appeal therefrom within the time within which the decedent could have filed such a notice if he had survived.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 385.)
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 903
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17