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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 155

TRCP 155: Surviving parties

Proceedings with surviving plaintiffs or defendants after death is recorded.

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Where there are two or more plaintiffs or defendants, and one or more of them die, upon suggestion of such death being entered upon the record, the suit shall at the instance of either party proceed in the name of the surviving plaintiffs or against the surviving defendants, as the case may be.