2010 Massachusetts Code
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
CHAPTER 197 PAYMENT OF DEBTS, LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES
Section 31 Suit in equity; liability of several heirs

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 31. If, under the two preceding sections, more than one person is liable for the debt, the creditor may recover such debt by a suit in equity in the supreme judicial or superior court against such persons so liable as are within reach of process. The court shall determine, by the verdict of a jury if either party requires it, what amount is due to the plaintiff, and shall decide how much each of the defendants is liable to pay toward the debt.