Effect of change of name.
enjoy all advantages, benefits, rights and titles, to which, without such change of name, he would have been entitled; and all contracts, covenants and agreements made and entered into by him, by and under the name of William Taylor, shall avail to and be binding on him and be deemed entered into by and under the name of William Taylor Lindsay, and all legacies or bequests contained in any will and made in his favor by the name of William Taylor, shall avail to him as if the name of William Taylor Lindsay had been mentioned therein and, also, by the latter name, shall recover, have, hold and possess, and be capable of inheriting all real or personal property and rights of any nature or kind whatsoever which he may at present have, hold or possess, or which hereafter he might be capable of inheriting, recovering, holding or possessing as fully and to the same extent as if the change of name had not hereby been made.
Proceedings 2. If any suit or legal or equitable proceeding commenced. has been commenced by or against the said William Taylor Lindsay by his former name, such suit or proceeding shall not be abated, nor any relief or recovery sought thereby be prevented by reason of any such change of name, but the same may be continued and carried on to judgment and execution and until satisfaction and discharge be had, as if this act had not been passed.