If the plaintiff in ejectment dies after issue joined or judgment entered therein, the decedent's personal representatives may offer a suggestion of such death, of the granting of letters of office to them, and may claim their right to the mesne profits of the premises recovered, in the same manner, and with the like effect, as the decedent; and the same proceedings shall in all respects be had thereon.
735 ILCS 5/6-139