Will declared invalid after distribution; liability

§ 20–355. Will declared invalid after distribution; liabilityWhen a will is adjudged invalid in an action begun after lawful distribution of the estate, or a part of it, by the executor, in good faith and without bis knowledge of the invalidity of the will, and without notice to him that the action was intended, the distributees of the property, and their personal representatives, and not the executor, are answerable for the property so distributed, or its value, to the persons entitled to it.