SEC. 93-9-75. Death of child; effect on paternity proceeding.
The death of the bastard, if the mother be living and unmarried, shall not be cause of abatement or bar to any prosecution for bastardy; but the court trying the same shall, on conviction, give judgment for such sum as shall be deemed just.
SOURCES: Codes, 1892, Sec. 254; 1906, Sec. 273; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 222; 1930, Sec. 184; 1942, Sec. 388.