Section 359: When each legatee compellable to refund in proportion
The Succession Act · Federal Acts · Part IX · in_force
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When the executor or administrator has paid away the assets in legacies, and he is afterwards obliged to discharge a debt of which he had no previous notice, he is entitled to call upon each legatee to refund in proportion.
Related sections
Section 358: Refund when legacy has become due on performance of condition within further time allowed under section 137Section 360: Distribution of assetsSection 357: No refund if paid voluntarilySection 361: Creditor may call upon legatee to refundSection 356: Refund of legacy paid under court's ordersSection 362: When legatee, not satisfied or compelled to refund under section 361, cannot oblige one paid in full to refund
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