Section 15. Substitution of assignee or legal representative of claimant

In the event of the death of the claimant or of  one  of  the  claimants
  named  in  a  claim  of  any  nature  against  the  state, heretofore or
  hereafter filed in the court of claims, and also in the  event  that  by
  assignment  or  by operation of law, some person other than the claimant
  named in the claim has succeeded to the interest of one of the claimants
  named  in  such  a  claim,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   personal
  representative  of said claimant or of the person who succeeded claimant
  in interest to said claim or any  interest  therein  within  six  months
  after  he  becomes invested with the title to said claim or any interest
  therein, to  secure  from  the  court  of  claims  and  serve  upon  the
  attorney-general  an  order  substituting  him  as  party  to said claim
  instead of the party named in said claim,  to  whose  right,  title  and
  interest  he has succeeded, and in the event that he fails so to do, the
  court of claims on motion of the attorney-general, on such notice as the
  court may require, to all parties who have appeared in  said  action  or
  proceeding  or  to the assignee or successor of the claimant may dismiss
  said claim.