Termination of authority; validity of prior acts
Sec. 19. All acts of personal representatives whose authority shall
subsequently be terminated because an estate found to be intestate is
later found to be testate, or vice versa, because of a revocation of
letters, or for any other cause, which acts were lawful when
performed, according to the authority under which such personal
representative was acting, shall be valid insofar as concerns the
rights and liabilities of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, for
value in good faith or a personal representative who has acted in
good faith. No person delivering or transferring property to a
personal representative or to any other person by authority of the
letters issued to such personal representative or upon court order or
pursuant to a will under which such a personal representative is
acting, shall be held accountable by virtue of such acts performed
prior to such termination of authority if such acts were lawful in
accordance with the apparent authority of such letters, court order or
will.
(Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1019.)
Last modified: May 27, 2006