Section 21-16-5 - Survival of cause despite death of plaintiff.

21-16-5. Survival of cause despite death of plaintiff. The legal representative of a person who might have been plaintiff, if alive, may bring an action under this chapter after his death.

Source: JustC 1877, § 36; CL 1887, § 6075; RJustC 1903, § 46; RC 1919, § 2173; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3904.