CHAPTER 334

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 64-173 of the Code of 1950 re-
lating to when purchasers of real estate not subject to certain
claims so as to provide when certain claims shall not be
allowed; and to validate certain conveyances.

[S 135]

Approved April 5, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 64-173 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted
as follows:
§ 64-173. When heir or devisee liable for value of real estate;
when purchasers not liable—Any heir or devisee who shall sell
and convey any real estate, which by this chapter is made assets,
shall be liable to those entitled to be paid out of the assets, for the
value thereof, with interest; in such case, the estate conveyed shall
not be liable if the conveyance was bona fide, and at the time of
such conveyance no suit shall have been commenced for the ad-
ministration of the assets nor any reports have been filed as afore-
said of the debts and demands of those entitled. But no alienation
of such estate, made by an heir or devisee, within one year after
the death of the testator or intestate, shall be valid against credi-
tors of such testator or intestate, although no such suit shall have
been commenced or report of debts and demands filed within such
year, except as provided in § 64-173.1. Any conveyance heretofore
or hereafter made within one year after the death of a decedent
shall, after the expiration of said year, be valid to all intents and
purposes as if made after the expiration of said year, if at the
expiration of said year no such suit shall have been commenced.