§ 33-19-21 - Irregularities in proceedings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-19-21

   § 33-19-21  Irregularities in proceedings.– No sale of real estate made by an executor, administrator, or guardian, underdecree of a probate court, and no title under the sale, shall be avoidedbecause the deed was not delivered within one year after the decree, or onaccount of any irregularity in the proceedings, if it appears:

   (1) That the decree was granted by a court of competentjurisdiction;

   (2) That the person authorized to make the sale gave a bond,if bond was required, which was approved by the probate court;

   (3) That the notice of the time and place of sale, if atpublic auction, was given according to law and the order of the court; and

   (4) That the premises were sold by public auction inaccordance with the notice, or by private contract in pursuance of the decree,and are held by one who purchased them in good faith or by some one claimingunder him or her.