Sec. 79.
Any action for the malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of a sheriff or any of his deputies, may be prosecuted against the executors or administrators of such sheriff, in like manner as if the cause of action survived at common law.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;-- CL 1857, 420 ;-- CL 1871, 561 ;-- How. 589 ;-- CL 1897, 2588 ;-- CL 1915, 2450 ;-- CL 1929, 1332 ;-- CL 1948, 51.79 Compiler's Notes: This section as originally enacted was numbered section 80.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (51.68 - 51.85)
R-S-1846-51-68-14 - Chapter 14 Chapter 14. of County Officers. (51.68...51.85)
R-S-1846-51-68-14-OF-SHERIFFS. - Of Sheriffs. (51.68...51.85)
Section 51.68 - Sheriff; Bond; Penal Sum; Approval; Surety.
Section 51.69 - Sheriff; Bond; Condition.
Section 51.71 - Undersheriff; Appointment, Vacancies.
Section 51.72 - Undersheriff; Executing Office of Sheriff; Effect of Default or Misfeasance.
Section 51.73 - Sheriff; Appointments and Revocations, Form, Filing; Oaths of Office.
Section 51.74 - Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff; Renewal of Security.
Section 51.75 - Sheriff; Custody of County Jails.
Section 51.78 - Repealed. 1952, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
Section 51.79 - Survival of Action Against Sheriff or Deputies.
Section 51.82 - Sheriff; Services to State; Payment.
Section 51.83 - Sheriff's Office; Notice, Office Hours.
Section 51.84 - Service of Papers at Sheriff's Office.
Section 51.85 - Service of Papers on Sheriff at County Clerk's Office.