16-127 Annexation; pending actions at law or in equity; prosecution and defense by city of the first class.

16-127. Annexation; pending actions at law or in equity; prosecution and defense by city of the first class.All actions at law or in equity pending in any court in favor of or against any village or second-class city so annexed at the time such annexation takes effect, shall be prosecuted by or defended by such city of the first class, and all rights of action existing against any village or second-class city so annexed at the time of such annexation or accruing thereafter on account of any transaction had with or under any law or ordinance of such village or second-class city, may be prosecuted against such city of the first class. SourceLaws 1969, c. 72, § 6, p. 396.