Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 3101 – Action at law
(a) An action at law may be maintained against an executor or administrator for a legacy or distributive share that is due. Assets in the executor’s or administrator’s hands to pay a legacy shall create a legal liability and raise a consequent promise to pay it. If there are not sufficient assets to pay the whole legacy, a part may be recovered. If the delivery of a specific legacy has been refused, the value of it may be recovered by an action at law. There shall be a legal liability to pay a distributive share and a consequent implied promise.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 3101
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
(b) An action at law shall not lie for a legacy which is either directly or by implication the subject of a trust.
Code 1852, §§ ?1852-1854, 2591, 2592; Code 1915, §§ ?3397, 4520; Code 1935, §§ ?3860, 4974; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?3101;