law: Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  
  50.Legal representative.-
  (1) Where a judgment-debtor dies before the decree has been
  
  fully satisfied the holder of the decree may apply to the Court which passed it
  
  to execute the same against the legal representative of the deceased.
  (2) Where the decree is executed against such legal
  
  representative, he shall be liable only to the extent of the property of the
  
  deceased which has come to his hands and has not been duly disposed of ; and
  
  for the purpose of ascertaining such liability, the Court executing the decree
  
  may, of its own motion or on the application of the decree-holder, compel such
  
  legal representative to produce such accounts as it thinks fit.