General Laws

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 11. If new assets shall come to the hands of an executor or administrator after the barring of creditor's claims under section nine, he shall account for and apply the same in like manner as if they had been received within said period, and shall be liable, on account of such new assets, to an action at law or to a proceeding in the probate court by or for the benefit of a creditor, in like manner as if such assets had been received within the period, if such action or proceeding is commenced within four months after the creditor has notice of the receipt of such assets, and within six months after they are actually received.