Persons beneficially interested may sue in default of executor, &c.
8 Persons beneficially interested may sue in default of executor, &c.
If in any case there is no executor or administrator of the person deceased, or, if there is such executor or administrator and no action under this Act is brought within 6 months after the death of such deceased person by and in the name of his executor or administrator, then and in every such case such action may be brought by and in the name or names of all or any of the persons, if more than one, for whose benefit such action would have been if it had been brought by and in the name of such executor or administrator.
Every action brought as provided by this section shall be for the benefit of the same persons, and shall be subject to the same regulations and procedure, as nearly as may be, as if it were brought by and in the name of such executor or administrator.
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