RS 33:208: Suit pending wherein constituent municipality a party

No suit, action, or proceeding pending in any court or before any board or department, wherein one of the constituent municipalities is a party, or in which it is interested, or by the determination of which it might be affected, shall abate by reason of the consolidation, but the new municipality shall be substituted in the place and stead of such constituent municipality, and the suit, action, or proceeding shall continue as if the consolidation had not taken place.