No action shall abate by the marriage or conviction of crime of a party, if the cause of action survive or continue, but the court may order the same to proceed, and an action may be brought or prosecuted to final judgment against any person in prison for crime, regardless of such imprisonment. History: Laws 1897, ch. 73, § 130; C.L. 1897, § 2685 (130); Code 1915, § 4263; C.S. 1929, § 105-1201; 1941 Comp., § 19-703; 1953 Comp., § 21-7-3. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 1 C.J.S. Abatement and Revival § 94.
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