CHAP. 328.—An ACT to prevent the abatement by the death of
the ward, if a male, or the death or marri of the ward, if a
female, of suits instituted by a guardian for thesale of his ward's
estate, and to revive suits heretofore instituted by such guar-
dian which have abated by the death or marriage of the ward.

Approved February 20, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That no suit heretofore or hereafter instituted by a guar-
dian for the sale of his ward’s estate under section twenty-
six bundred and sixteen of the code of Virginia, shal]
abate by the death of the ward, if a male, or by the death
or marriage of the ward, if a female, but the same shal!
be continued in the name of said guardian until final de.
cree, as if said ward had not died or married.

2. That any suit heretofore instituted by a guardian fo.
the sale of his ward’s estate, under section twenty-six hun.
dred and sixteen of the code of Virginia, which has abatec
by the death or marriage of the ward, may be revived by
motion before the court in which the said suit was pend.
ing at the time of abatement, or before the judge of saic
court in vacation, upon reasonable notice to all parties in-
terested ; the said motion may be made by any person whc
was a party to the said suit, or by the purchaser of any
estate sold under decrees in said suit prior to said abate-
ment; and when made by a woman who marries while a
minor, and who isa minor at the time of said motion, the
said motion shall be made by her next friend; and if the
said court or the judge thereof, in vacation, think it proper
that said suit should be revived, it or he shall enter an
order reviving the same, and the said cause shall proceed
in the name of the guardian until final decree, as if said
death or marriage had not taken place.

3. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to
authorize a decree for the sale of such estate to be entered,
or the sale of such estate to be made, after the death of the
ward or wards in whose interest the suit was brought.

4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.