(i)  The  orphans'  court  may  revoke  the  said  letters  and  vacate
the  decree  that  the  presumption  of  death  has  been  established,  at
any  time,  on  due  and  satisfactory  proof  that  the  presumed  de-
cedent is  in  fact  alive.  After  such  revocation  all  the  powers  of
the  executor  or  administrator  shall  cease,  but  all  receipts  or  dis-


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bursements  of  assets,  and  other  acts  previously  done  by  him,
shall  remain  as  valid  as  if  the  said  letters  were  unrevoked.  The
executor  or  administrator  shall  settle  an  account  of  his  adminis-
tration down  to  the  time  of  such  revocation,  and  shall  transfer  all
assets,  remaining  in  his  hands,  to  the  person  as  whose  executor
or  administrator  he  has  acted,  or  to  his  duly  authorized  agent  or
attorney.  Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  validate  the
title  of  any  person  to  any  money  or  property  received  as  surviving
spouse,  next  of  kin,  heir,  legatee  or  devisee  of  such  presumed
decedent,  but  the  same  may  be  recovered  from  such  person,  in  all
cases  in  which  such  recovery  would  be  had,  if  this  act  had  not
been  passed.
Note. — This  is  the  first  part  of  Section  s  of  the  Act  of  June  24,  1885,
I  Purd.  1076,  as  amended  by  the  Act  of  June  11,  1915,  P.  L.  945,  S  Purd.
5887,  with  slight  changes  in  wording,  the  inclusion  of  executors  as  well  as
administrators,  and  the  insertion  of  the  provision  for  vacation  of  the  de-
cree that  the  presumption  of  death  has  been  established.
375.  INTERVENTION  IN  ACTIONS  BY  PERSON  ER-
RONEOUSLY SUPPOSED  TO  BE  DEAD;
OPENING  OF  JUDGMENTS.
