If a judgment is rendered against several persons and one or more of them dies, a writ of error or appeal may be brought by any survivors or by the successors in interest of the decedent. History: Laws 1917, ch. 43, § 9; C.S. 1929, § 105-2509; 1953 Comp., § 21-10-16; Laws 1966, ch. 28, § 47.