The making of a person executor shall not extinguish any demand of the decedent against said person, but the same shall be truly inserted in the list of debts.
Code 1852, §§ 1807-1811; Code 1915, § 3365; Code 1935, § 3830; 12 Del. C. 1953, § 1910; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.