No surety of an administrator of an insolvent estate shall be liable for the sum decreed to be paid to a creditor, unless a suit therefor shall be commenced against him within one year from the making of the decree, if the creditor had notice thereof within six months after the decree.
Source. RS 163:14. CS 172:15. GS 181:15. GL 200:15. PS 193:17. PL 304:21. RL 357:21.