§ 33-18-22 - Release by good faith delivery of property under court order. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-18-22

   § 33-18-22  Release by good faith deliveryof property under court order. – Whenever any person acting as executor, administrator, custodian, or guardianshall make payments or deliver property or estate pursuant to the order of aprobate court having jurisdiction, after the expiration of the time withinwhich an appeal lies from the order and while an appeal is not pending from theorder, the person making the payment or delivery in good faith shall not beliable or in any way responsible for the money so paid or the property sodelivered, although the order under or by virtue of which the payment ordelivery shall be made shall afterwards be reversed, vacated, or set aside.This provision shall not prevent a recovery of the money or property, by theperson entitled thereto, from any person receiving it or in possession of themoney or property.