§ 91-7-325. Suit to recover wages if not paid within sixty days
After the sixty days referred to in Section 91-7-323 have passed, the parties hereinbefore designated as being the person to whom the wages so due the deceased creditor may be paid shall have the right, if they be adults, to maintain a suit to recover the amount due to the deceased creditor. When the party […]
§ 91-7-327. Duty of chancery clerk when wages paid to him
Where such wages are paid to the chancery clerk as provided in Sections 91-7-323 and 91-7-325, it shall be the duty of the chancery clerk to pay that portion of the wages of such employee which may belong to the adult children or brothers and sisters of such deceased employe, and to report to the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 91-7-277. Annual accounts
Every executor or administrator, at least once in each year or oftener if required by the court, shall present under oath an account of his administration, showing the disbursements, every item of which and the amount thereof to be distinctly stated, and it shall also show the receipts of money and from what sources. The […]
§ 91-7-281. Attorney’s fees allowable
In annual and final settlements, the executor, administrator, or guardian shall be entitled to credit for such reasonable sums as he may have paid for the services of an attorney in the management or in behalf of the estate, if the court be of the opinion that the services were proper and rendered in good […]