[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 13. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 15. A special administrator, temporary executor, or temporary administrator with will annexed shall be liable to an action by a creditor of the deceased brought within the period of limitation provided in section nine of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven; provided, however, that any such action shall be stayed by the court in which it is brought until such time as an executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased has been appointed and said executor or administrator has been substituted for said special administrator, temporary executor, or temporary administrator with will annexed as the party defendant.