The lien of another shall not be lost where any prime contractor or remote contractor has transferred or assigned the debt or charge due that lienor.
Code 1858, § 1990 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 118, § 2); Acts 1885, ch. 8; Shan., § 3546; mod. Code 1932, § 7941; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1123; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 22.