11-7-29 - Death of one defendant after judgment.
§ 11-7-29. Death of one defendant after judgment.
When judgment shall have been rendered against two or more persons, and any one or more of them shall die, such judgment shall survive against the representatives of the deceased parties and the survivor. A scire facias may issue against the survivor, jointly with the representatives of the deceased parties; and such judgment may be thereupon revived, and execution issued in like manner.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 52; 1871, § 680; 1880, § 1517; 1892, § 668; 1906, § 726; Hemingway's 1917, § 509; 1930, § 518; 1942, § 1461.