§ 33-9-28

If execution shall issue against the estate of the testator or intestate in the hands of the executor or administrator, and the officer charged with the service thereof shall return thereon that he or she cannot find any estate whereon to levy the execution, and that the execution has not been satisfied by the executor or administrator, a civil action may be brought in the same court within two (2) years after the date of the first publication of the notice of the qualification of the first executor or administrator against the executor or administrator, alleging a suggestion or waste; and after process has been duly served by the officer to whom it shall be directed and by him or her returned, if the executor or administrator makes default of appearance, or, coming in, shall not show sufficient cause to the contrary, judgment and execution shall be awarded against him or her and his or her own proper estate for the sum recovered, with interest due thereon, with costs, and, for want of estate, against the body of the executor or administrator. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 992; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch.

red, with interest due thereon, with costs, and, for want of estate, against the body of the executor or administrator. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 992; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-28; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 60.