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.
Survival of action against sheriff or deputies.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.79, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.79