§ 43-2-138 — Action by Legatee to Recover Legacy

Alabama § 43-2-138

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 43: Wills and Decedents’ Estates
• Ch. 2: Administration of Estates
• Art. 6: Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators
• Div. 1: General Provisions

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Any legatee, after six months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, with the will annexed, may bring a civil action and recover his or her legacy, upon proof that the executor assented to the same.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1931; Code 1867, §2290; Code 1876, §2634; Code 1886, §2275; Code 1896, §344; Code 1907, §2810; Code 1923, §6049; Acts 1931, No. 725, p. 841; Code 1940, T. 61, §126.)