Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter XII: Of the Refunding of Legacies
Section 357: No refund if paid voluntarily
When an executor or administrator has voluntarily paid a legacy, he cannot call upon a legatee to refund in the event of the assets proving insufficient to pay all the legacies.
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