Tex. Estates Code § 351.054
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 351.054, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 351.054. AUTHORITY TO COMMENCE SUITS.
Official statutory text
(a) An executor or administrator appointed in this state may commence a suit for:
(1) recovery of personal property, debts, or damages; or
(2) title to or possession of land, any right attached to or arising from that land, or an injury or damage done to that land.
(b) A judgment in a suit described by Subsection (a) is conclusive, but may be set aside by any interested person for fraud or collusion on the executor's or administrator's part.
(1) recovery of personal property, debts, or damages; or
(2) title to or possession of land, any right attached to or arising from that land, or an injury or damage done to that land.
(b) A judgment in a suit described by Subsection (a) is conclusive, but may be set aside by any interested person for fraud or collusion on the executor's or administrator's part.
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