SCPA 721 · Article 7. General Provisions Relating to Letters
Preceding section qualified
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§ 721. Preceding section qualified
The preceding section does not affect the liability of a person to whom money or other property has been delivered as distributee or legatee to respond to the person lawfully entitled thereto, where letters are revoked because a supposed decedent is living or because a will is discovered after administration has been granted, in a case of supposed intestacy or a prior will is revoked upon which letters were granted.
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