Section 11-42-162
Continuation of rights of action of municipality annexed.
All rights of action existing in favor of the city or town annexed shall be a right of action existing in favor of the city or town annexing the other city or town, and it may bring a civil action the same as if such right of action originally existed in favor of the annexing city or town.
(Code 1907, §1147; Code 1923, §1842; Code 1940, T. 37, §209.)