553:17 Intermeddling, Etc. –
If any person unlawfully intermeddles with, embezzles, alienates, wastes or destroys any of the personal estate of a deceased person he shall be liable to actions of the creditors and others aggrieved, as executor in his own wrong, to double the value of such estate.
Source. RS 158:15. CS 167:15. GS 176:15. GL 195:15. PS 188:16. PL 299:17. RL 352:17.