Tex. Est. Code § 351.054 : ESTATES CODE — ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY — CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION — POWERS AND DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL — GENERAL AUTHORITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Authority to Commence Suits
(a) An executor or administrator appointed in this state may commence a suit for:
(1) recovery of personal property, debts, or damages; or
(2) title to or possession of land, any right attached to or arising from that land, or an injury or damage done to that land.
(b) A judgment in a suit described by Subsection (a) is conclusive, but may be set aside by any interested person for fraud or collusion on the executor's or administrator's part.
Tex. Estates § 351.054
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.