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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE II. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

CHAPTER 197. PAYMENT OF DEBTS, LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES

Chapter 197: Section 33. Insolvency of person liable for debt; effect

[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

  Section 33. If an heir, devisee or other person who is liable for the debt is insolvent, unable to pay his proportion thereof or beyond reach of process, the others shall be liable to the creditor for the whole amount of his debt, but not in excess of the amounts received by them respectively from the estate of the deceased.