This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
At Common Law on the death of a joint promisee his interest passed to the surviving promisees.1 Equity would compel the survivors to account to the personal representative of the deceased co-promisee for the latter's interest in the contract.2 In many jurisdictions these rules have been modified by statute, and the administrator of the deceased joint promisee is allowed to join with the surviving promisees.
 
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