If there are more defendants than one (1), and any of them die, leaving the codefendant surviving, the plaintiff may proceed by execution against the survivor, and/or revive by scire facias against any or all of the personal representatives of the deceased, to be issued to any county.
Code 1858, § 2988; Shan., § 4716; mod. Code 1932, § 8850; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-402.