Section 11-53-41 - Executors and administrators entitled to and liable for costs - when not individually liable

When costs are adjudged against an executor or administrator in a suit at law or in equity, and he shall obtain the certificate of the court before which the suit was tried that there was probable cause for bringing or defending the same, he shall not be individually liable for costs, although the estate may be insufficient to pay them.Codes, 1857, ch. 60, art. 132; 1880, § 2378; 1892, § 881; 1906, § 958; Hemingway's 1917, § 667; 1930, § 674; 1942, § 1585.