§ 33-9-22 - Validity of acts by executor or administrator subsequently removed – Validity of purchases from devisees, legatees, or heirs. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-9-22

   § 33-9-22  Validity of acts by executor oradministrator subsequently removed – Validity of purchases from devisees,legatees, or heirs. – When an executor or administrator is removed, or when letters of administrationor decrees are revoked, all previous sales whether of real or personal estate,lawfully made by an executor or administrator and with good faith on the partof the purchaser, and all other lawful acts done by the executor oradministrator, shall remain valid and effectual. A decree allowing a will orcompromise of a will or adjudicating the intestacy of the estate of a deceasedperson in any court in the state having jurisdiction thereof shall, after oneyear from the rendition thereof or, if proceedings for its reversal are had,after one year from its establishment, or in the event that administration ofthe estate has been fully completed within one year after the rendition orestablishment, as the case may be, then after completion of administration ofthe estate, be final and conclusive in favor of purchasers for value in goodfaith without notice of any adverse claims of any property, real or personal,from devisees, legatees, or heirs claiming under the will or estate, or fromtheir executors, administrators, guardians, or conservators. This section shallnot make an adjudication of the fact of death conclusive.