In respect of causes of action surviving deceased, and debts due at death

In respect of causes of action surviving deceased, and debts due at death.-In respect of all causes of action surviving the deceased, and in respect of all demands whatsoever and all rights to prosecute or defend any suit or special proceeding, existing in favour of or against a person at the time of his decease, his executor or administrator shall perform the same acts and have the same powers as the deceased person would have performed and had, if he had survived, except only in cases where the cause of action dies with the person.