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Section 43-2-131 Limitation on actions against executor or administrator.

Section 43-2-131

Limitation on actions against executor or administrator.

No civil action must be commenced against an executor or administrator, as such, until six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, unless the executor or administrator has given notice of the disallowance of the claim.

(Code 1852, §1917; Code 1867, §2276; Code 1876, §2614; Code 1886, §2263; Code 1896, §331; Code 1907, §2803; Code 1923, §6042; Acts 1931, No. 725, p. 841; Code 1940, T. 61, §119.)