No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real estate.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-13.