Authorization by probate court to keep estate together; term.

The probate court may authorize the executor or administrator, on application made and good cause shown, to keep the real and personal estate, or any portion thereof, together for such length of time as the court may deem advisable, not exceeding 10 years, and employ laborers to cultivate, improve, keep in repair and carry on the plantation belonging to the estate.

(Code 1852, §1902; Code 1867, §2263; Code 1876, §2602; Code 1886, §2210; Code 1896, §278; Code 1907, §2743; Code 1923, §5982; Code 1940, T. 61, §198.)