§ 33-13-5 - Payment of legacy on giving of indemnity bond.
SECTION 33-13-5
§ 33-13-5 Payment of legacy on giving ofindemnity bond. – When an executor or administrator, after having given bond for the discharge ofhis or her trust, is requested by a legatee to make payment in whole or in partof a legacy, the probate court, if the executor or administrator consents, mayrequire that the legatee shall first give bond to the executor oradministrator, with surety or sureties to be approved by the court, andconditioned to refund the amount to be paid, or so much thereof as may benecessary to satisfy any demands that may be afterwards recovered against theestate of the deceased, and so indemnify the executor or administrator againstall other loss and damage on account of the payment.