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2009 Alabama Code
Title 43 — WILLS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES.
Chapter 2 — ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES.
Section 43-2-138 Action by legatee to recover legacy.

Section 43-2-138

Action by legatee to recover legacy.

Any legatee, after six months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, with the will annexed, may bring a civil action and recover his legacy, upon proof that the executor assented to the same.

(Code 1852, §1931; Code 1867, §2290; Code 1876, §2634; Code 1886, §2275; Code 1896, §344; Code 1907, §2810; Code 1923, §6049; Acts 1931, No. 725, p. 841; Code 1940, T. 61, §126.)

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