Delaware § 3105 Judgment and execution

Delaware Statutes

§ 3105 — Judgment and execution

Delaware § 3105

JurisdictionDelaware

Title12

PartAdministration of Decedents’ Estates

Ch. 31SUITS AGAINST EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS

Subch.Suit for Legacy or Distributive Share

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Del. Code tit. 12, § 3105 (2026).

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If, upon proceedings under this subchapter, the assets are found insufficient to pay all the debts and legacies of the testator, execution shall be awarded only for such proportion of the assets as may be properly applicable to the plaintiff’s legacy, but judgment for the whole legacy shall be entered and shall stand as a security for the payment of the residue of the legacy, when sufficient assets for such payment shall come to the hands of the executor or administrator. A scire facias shall lie for further execution, suggesting that other assets have come to the hands of the executor or administrator.

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If, upon proceedings under this subchapter, the assets are found insufficient to pay all the debts and legacies of the testator, execution shall be awarded only for such proportion of the assets as may be properly applicable to the plaintiff’s legacy, but judgment for the whole legacy shall be entered and shall stand as a security for the payment of the residue of the legacy, when sufficient assets for such payment shall come to the hands of the executor or administrator. A scire facias shall lie for further execution, suggesting that other assets have come to the hands of the executor or administrator.