Can an Estate Sue to Collect Debts

[Baz744]

In Missouri, can estates sue for debts owed to the decedent at the time of death?

In Missouri, can estates sue for debts owed to the decedent at the time of death?

Found answer. NM.

[Mr. Knowitall]

For the record, that's true in any state.

[Baz744]

For the record, that's true in any state.

I read something on another site saying that in Texas, because estates are not "legal entities," that they cannot sue. But the next sentence (which I did not read) said that a personal representative of the estate can sue.

Before I read the next sentence, it made me wonder if there were other states where estates couldn't sue, or if Texas was just weird.

Whoever posted that remark, I get the impression, is either making a very fine technical distinction between an "estate" and a "personal representative acting on behalf of an estate," or just doesn't really understand the law.