Section 9-2-40. No abatement on death of party where cause survives  


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  •    No action shall abate by the death of either party, where the cause of action shall in any case survive to or against the legal representatives of the deceased party, either in the same or any other form of action.
Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 472; Code 1863, § 3371; Code 1868, § 3390; Code 1873, § 3438; Code 1882, § 3438; Civil Code 1895, § 5035; Civil Code 1910, § 5617; Code 1933, § 3-501.