§ 684 - Rights of heir subsequently appearing - Vermont Statutes

§ 684. Rights of heir subsequently appearing

If a devisee, legatee, heir, widow or other person, entitled to such estate, appears within seventeen years from the date of such decree and files a claim with the probate court which made such decree, and establishes the claim to such estate, he shall have possession of the same, or, if sold, the town shall be accountable to him for the avails, after deducting reasonable charges for the care of the estate. If the claim is not made within the time mentioned, it shall be barred.