Any person who shall embezzle or shall, without being thereto authorized by law, injuriously intermeddle with any personal property of a deceased person shall be liable as an executor in his or her own wrong to the creditors and other persons aggrieved.
Liability of executor in own wrong
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-9-26., under Chapter 33-9 Collection and Management of Decedents’ Estates.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-9-26.