1862 Territory of Dakota Session Laws/Chapter 8/Title XII
TITLE XII.
CAUSES OF ACTION WHICH SURVIVE, AND ABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.
Causes of action which survive.Sect. 410. In addition to the causes of action which survive at common law, causes of action for mesne profits, or for an injury to real or personal estate, or for any deceit or fraud, shall also survive, and the action may be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable to the same.
What actions shall abate, and when.Sect. 411. No action pending in any court shall abate by the death of either or both the parties thereto, except an action for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, assault, or assault and battery, for a nuisance, or against a justice of the peace for misconduct in office, which shall abate by the death of the defendant.