Estate of person unheard from for fifteen years may be administered.
Section 656
SEC. 656. Estate of person unheard from for fifteen years may be administered. — A person absent and unheard from for fifteen years shall be deemed to be dead from the time of his disappearance, or when last heard from, and the court having jurisdiction of his estate may grant administration thereof, and proceed with said estate as in the settlement of intestate estates and decree distribution thereof to the known heirs of such absent person; but if such absent person proves to be alive, he shall be entitled to his estate notwithstanding the settlement and distribution aforesaid, and may recover, in any proper action, any portion thereof, which any one has received in such settlement and distribution.