Section 15-1-55 - Effect of death of party before bar is complete

If a person entitled to bring any of the personal actions herein mentioned, or liable to any such action, shall die before the expiration of the time herein limited therefor, such action may be commenced by or against the executor or administrator of the deceased person, after the expiration of said time, and within one year after the death of such person.Codes, 1857, ch. 57, art. 18; 1871, § 2162; 1880, § 2683; 1892, § 2753; 1906, § 3113; Hemingway's 1917, § 2477; 1930, § 2298; 1942, § 728.