(1) Where a decree is passed against a party as the legal representative of a deceased person, and the decree is for the payment of money out of the property of the deceased, it may be executed by the attachment and sale of any such property.
(2) Where no such property remains in the possession of the judgment-debtor and he fails to satisfy the Court that he has duly applied such property of the deceased as is proved to have come into his possession, the decree may be executed against the judgment-debtor to the extent of the property in respect of which he has failed so to satisfy the Court in the same manner as if the decree had been against him personally.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 52
Section 52 governs the enforcement of decrees passed against a person in the capacity of a legal representative of a deceased person, limiting execution to the property of the deceased in their hands.
When sued as a legal representative, plead Section 52 in the written statement and submit an inventory of assets left by the deceased to insulate your personal self-acquired properties from future execution.