Suit on a probate bond, except the bond authorized by § 33-17-3, may be brought whenever it shall appear that the administrator or the executor has received the personal estate of the testator or intestate and has not, after being cited by the court to do so, exhibited upon oath a particular inventory of the estate, or has refused or neglected to account upon oath for the property of the testator or intestate by him or her received.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 1037; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-26.