§ 91-7-299. Allowance to executor or administrator
On the final settlement the court shall make allowance to the executor or administrator for the property or the estate which has been lost, or has perished or decreased in value, without his fault; and profit shall not be allowed him in consequence of increase. The court shall allow to an executor or administrator, as […]
§ 91-7-329. Not to apply to estates administered upon
Sections 91-7-323 through 91-7-327 shall not apply in cases where the estate of deceased creditor is administered upon.
§ 91-7-301. Personal estate sold for division
When personal property of a deceased person cannot be equally divided in kind, the court may, on petition, decree a sale of such property and order a distribution of the proceeds; and such sale may be for cash or on credit, as the court may direct. All parties interested as distributees or legatees shall be […]
§ 91-7-331. “Administrator” defined
The word administrator in this chapter shall embrace a temporary administrator whenever the contrary is not clearly inferable from the context.
§ 91-7-303. Distribution compelled
Any person entitled to a distributive share of an intestate’s estate, or to a legacy under a last will and testament, may, at any time after the expiration of six months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, petition the court therefor, setting forth his claim; and the administrator or executor and all […]
§ 91-7-305. Distribution of assets in kind to surviving spouse
Whenever under any last will and testament or trust indenture the executor, trustee, or other fiduciary is required to, or has an option to, satisfy a bequest, devise, or transfer in trust to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse of a decedent by a transfer of assets of the estate or trust in […]
§ 91-7-307. Delaying settlement
If an executor or administrator improperly delay making a final settlement, he shall be summoned to show cause why a final settlement should not be made. On the return of summons executed, if a final settlement be not made or cause shown why it cannot then be made, the court may fine such delinquent in […]
§ 91-7-309. Accounts may be opened and falsified in two years
Any person interested may, at any time within two years after final settlement, by bill or petition, open the account of any executor, administrator, or guardian and surcharge and falsify the same, and not after, saving to minors and persons of unsound mind the same time after the removal of their disabilities. Such bills or […]
§ 91-7-311. Bonds to be recorded; suits thereon
All bonds required and given in the administration of estate, testate and intestate, and the bond or bonds of the county administrator shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county, in a book kept for that purpose, and may be put in suit by any person injured […]
§ 91-7-313. Suit for devastavit
Parties interested in an estate as legatees, distributees, or creditors may, either jointly or severally, institute proceedings upon the bond of the executor or administrator or guardian for a devastavit against the principal and his surety without first having instituted suit against the executor or administrator or guardian to establish a devastavit. When any executor, […]