If judgment or decree pass against the heirs or devisees, or any of them, execution shall be issued against the real estate of the deceased debtor descended or devised.
Code 1858, § 2264 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 11, § 2); Shan., § 3997; Code 1932, § 8209; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-617.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 862.