Section 964. Payment of proceeds into court in cases involving decedent's property

Where the property has been sold free from the lien of debts,
  a final judgment, entered before eighteen months have elapsed  from  the
  granting  of  letters of administration or letters testamentary upon the
  estate of a decedent from whom the plaintiff derived  his  title,  shall
  direct  that the proceeds of the sale remaining after the payment of the
  costs, referee's fees, expenses of sale, and  liens  established  before
  the  death  of  the  decedent,  including  any sum allowed to a widow in
  satisfaction of her right of dower, therein directed to be paid, be paid
  forthwith into court by the referee making such sale.
    A final judgment in such case, entered  before  eighteen  months  have
  elapsed  from  the  granting  of  letters  of  administration or letters
  testamentary upon the estate of  a  deceased  person,  who,  if  living,
  should  be  a  party  to  the action, shall direct that the share of the
  proceeds of such sale, which would have been his,  if  living,  be  paid
  into court by such referee.