877.28 Limit of liability. When part of the plaintiff's debt has been collected, the plaintiff may recover only the residue remaining unpaid. When the action is against the devisees and legatees, the plaintiff may recover only that part of the debt that is not recoverable from the heirs.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 777.28; 2001 a. 102 s. 118; Stats. 2001 s. 877.28.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 877 - Actions by and against personal representatives, heirs, and legatees.
877.01 - Tort actions on surviving causes.
877.03 - Multiple personal representatives to be considered one.
877.05 - Judgment not to bind realty.
877.07 - Authority of deceased personal representative's personal representative.
877.08 - Liability as executor of his or her own wrong.
877.14 - Rebuttal of inventory.
877.16 - Foreign personal representatives empowered to act.
877.17 - Actions against personal representatives; when allowed; when not.
877.18 - Action to recover from heirs, legatees; parties defendant.
877.19 - Action against heirs and legatees; what may be recovered; costs.
877.20 - Contribution among heirs.
877.21 - Recovery against legatee; contribution.
877.26 - Accounts as evidence.
877.29 - Debts charged upon realty not affected.
877.32 - Judgment, how collected.
877.36 - Debts, order of payment.
877.40 - Preferred debts deducted.
877.41 - Rights and liabilities of posthumous child and witness to will.