72-3-123. Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action -- applicability. No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent, which had not been barred as of the date of his death, shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than 4 months after death. A cause of action which, but for this section, would have been barred less than 4 months after death is barred after 4 months unless tolled.

     History: En. 91A-3-109 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-109.