If any person shall alienate or embezzle any of the goods, chattels, personal property, or money of a person deceased, before taking out letters testamentary or of administration, such person shall be liable to the action of creditors and other persons aggrieved, as being executor in his own wrong.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-249
Executor in his own wrong
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 63 So. 3d 468 - ESTATE OF McLEMORE v. McLemore (2011)
Most recently applied in 63 So. 3d 468 - ESTATE OF McLEMORE v. McLemore (March 2011)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (121); 1857, ch. 60, art. 127; 1871, § 1185; 1880, § 2087; 1892, § 1926; 1906, § 2100; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1768; 1930, § 1720; 1942, § 617.
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