General Laws: CHAPTER 197, Section 33

PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
(Chapters 183 through 210)
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 33 Insolvency of person liable for debt; effect

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

Section 33. If an heir, devisee or other person who is liable for the debt is insolvent, unable to pay his proportion thereof or beyond reach of process, the others shall be liable to the creditor for the whole amount of his debt, but not in excess of the amounts received by them respectively from the estate of the deceased.