[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 19. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 28. If, at the expiration of the time allowed for the proof of claims, a person is liable as a surety for the deceased, or has a contingent claim against his estate which could not have been proved as a debt within said time, the court upon proof thereof shall, in ordering a dividend, leave an amount sufficient to pay to such contingent creditor a proportion equal to what is then to be paid to the other creditors.