Rhode Island General Laws 33-3-13. Payment of expenses of division on appeal to superior court
Whenever partition or division shall be made by any probate court, and there shall be an appeal to the superior court, and any one or more of the interested parties shall neglect or refuse to pay their just proportion of the expense of such division, the probate court which ordered such division may issue a warrant of distress against such delinquent; provided, that an account of such expense be first laid before such probate court, and the just proportions of the persons interested be settled and allowed, they having been duly notified to be present at such settlement and allowance.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 953; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-13.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-3-13
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.