Sec. 147. ENFORCEMENT OF CLAIMS BY SUIT

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Any person having a debt or claim against the estate may enforce the payment of the same by suit against the independent executor; and, when judgment is recovered against the independent executor, the execution shall run against the estate of the decedent in the hands of the independent executor which is subject to such debt. The independent executor shall not be required to plead to any suit brought against him for money until after six months from the date that an independent administration was created and the order appointing an independent executor was entered by the county court.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 980, ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1064, ch. 390, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

                    
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