12-21-163
Section 12-21-163 Witness having interest. In civil actions and proceedings, there must be
no exclusion of any witness because he is a party or interested in the issue tried, except
that no person having a pecuniary interest in the result of the action or proceeding shall
be allowed to testify against the party to whom his interest is opposed as to any transaction
with, or statement by, the deceased person whose estate is interested in the result of the
action or proceeding or when such deceased person, at the time of such transaction or statement,
acted in any representative or fiduciary relation whatsoever to the party against whom such
testimony is sought to be introduced, unless called to testify thereto by the party to whom
such interest is opposed or unless the testimony of such deceased person in relation to such
transaction or statement is introduced in evidence by the party whose interest is opposed
to that of the witness or has been taken and is on file in the case. No person...
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43-2-272
Section 43-2-272 Duty of probate court to grant letters of administration upon vacancy. (a)
If the sole executor or all the executors die, resign or are removed, the probate court having
jurisdiction of the estate must grant letters of administration, with will annexed, to the
person entitled thereto under section 43-2-27. (b) If an administrator dies, resigns or is
removed, the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate must grant letters of administration
of the goods and chattels, rights and credits, unadministered, to the person entitled thereto,
as in cases of intestacy. (Code 1852, §1720; Code 1867, §2043; Code 1876, §2412; Code 1886,
§2064; Code 1896, §111; Code 1907, §2533; Code 1923, §5755; Code 1940, T. 61, §175.)...

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43-2-444
Section 43-2-444 Application for sale. The application for the sale of lands, either for payment
of debts or for division, must be made by the executor or administrator in writing, verified
by affidavit, to the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate, must describe the lands
accurately, must give the names of the heirs or devisees, and their places of residence and
must also state whether any, and which of such heirs or devisees, are under the age of 19
years or of unsound mind; and such application may be contested by any party interested in
the estate. (Code 1852, §§1759, 1868; Code 1867, §§2085, 2222; Code 1876, §§2450, 2453;
Code 1886, §2106; Code 1896, §158; Code 1907, §2622; Code 1923, §5851; Code 1940, T. 61,
§246.)...
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43-2-464
Section 43-2-464 Conveyance. After such confirmation, and when the whole of the purchase money
has been paid by the purchaser, or his heirs, or any other person holding under him, directly
or derivatively, on the application of such purchaser, or his heirs, or such other person
holding under him, or of the executor or administrator, the court must order a conveyance
to be made to such purchaser, or to his heirs, or to such other person holding under him,
as the case may be, by the executor or administrator, or such other person as the court may
appoint, conveying all the right, title and interest which the decedent had, at the time of
his death, in such lands; and such order shall operate to vest the right, title and interest
of the decedent in such purchaser, or his heirs, or such other person holding under him. (Code
1852, §1770; Code 1867, §2096; Code 1876, §2468; Code 1886, §2124; Code 1896, §179; Code
1907, §2644; Code 1923, §5874; Code 1940, T. 61, §268.)...
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43-2-661
Section 43-2-661 Petition to establish presumption. An executor, administrator or surety on
the bond of the executor or administrator of said estate, or the heirs or next of kin of such
executor, administrator or surety may file a petition or complaint, verified by affidavits,
in the court in which such a cause is pending, alleging the existence of the facts that raise
the presumptions stated in section 43-2-660, and, upon the filing of such petition or complaint
and giving security for costs of the proceeding, the court must appoint a day for the hearing
of such petition or complaint and must give notice of the same by publication in some newspaper
published in the county for three successive weeks or, if none is published in the county,
by posting such notice at the courthouse and three other public places in such county for
the same length of time; and the court must also give 10 days' notice to every adult distributee
resident in the state and to all sureties on the bond of the...
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19-2-3
Section 19-2-3 Reappointment of removed fiduciary. If any fiduciary in war service be removed
from office and is a competent and suitable person to again serve as such fiduciary at any
time after the termination of his war service, the fiduciary appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by such removal, or his successor, shall be removed from office by the court upon petition
filed by the former fiduciary in war service so removed or by any person interested in the
trust fund or the estate being administered or by any co-fiduciary, and if the trust has not
been fully executed or the administration of the estate has not been fully completed the court,
upon such removal, shall appoint the fiduciary theretofore removed because of his war service
to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of his successor in office if there is no trust
instrument providing a practicable method of appointment. (Acts 1943, No. 460, p. 421, §3.)...

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19-2-4
Section 19-2-4 Notice of petition; representation by attorney. Notice of any petition to remove
a fiduciary in war service and the day appointed to hear the same must be given to him by
the register or clerk by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to him at
his post-office address, if known, or by publication once a week for four consecutive weeks
in some newspaper published in the county, and if no newspaper is published in the county
by posting at the courthouse door and three other public places in the county. If said fiduciary
does not personally appear therein, or is not represented by an authorized attorney, the court
may appoint an attorney to represent him and a reasonable fee, to be taxed as a part of the
costs of such proceedings, may be allowed to said attorney so appointed. Notice of said petition
and the time appointed to hear the same must be given by the register or clerk to all other
parties interested in the trust fund or the estate being...
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19-3-170
Section 19-3-170 Partition of freehold devised with contingent interest. When any deceased
tenant in common, joint tenant or coparcener of real estate shall have devised any freehold
interest in such estate to any person, with a contingent interest by way of remainder, substitution
or executory devise to any other person, born or unborn, the circuit court may, on the complaint
of any person interested, order partition of such estate to be made between the devisee or
devisees, the surviving cotenant or cotenants and the person having such contingent interest;
and the judgment shall bind the parties and the person having such contingent interest, his
heirs and assigns. (Code 1923, §10437; Code 1940, T. 58, §56.)...
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43-2-332
Section 43-2-332 When distributed share kept and worked with undivided portion of estate. When
a share or shares of real or personal property of any decedent is or are set apart or distributed
to any widow, heir at law or distributee of such decedent, and it appears to the satisfaction
of the court that it is to the interest of the parties interested in the estate that such
share or shares should be kept and worked together with such estate remaining undivided, the
probate court, upon the application of the executor or administrator, and of the owner or
owners of such share or shares, may order the executor or administrator to keep such share
or shares, and work the same, together with the estate remaining undivided, for a term not
exceeding 10 years; but such order must not be granted, if in conflict with the will of the
testator. (Code 1867, §2264; Code 1876, §2604; Code 1886, §2212; Code 1896, §280; Code
1907, §2745; Code 1923, §5984; Code 1940, T. 61, §200.)...
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43-2-627
Section 43-2-627 Setting off indebtedness of distributee or legatee. (a) If, on final settlement,
any distributee or legatee owes the estate any debt, contracted with the decedent in his lifetime
or with the executor or administrator in his representative capacity, the court shall allow
the same in favor of the executor or administrator, as a setoff against the distributive share
of such distributee or legatee and shall decree satisfaction of his distributive share to
the extent of such debt or demand; but the distributee or legatee may make any defense to
the setoff that would be available to him in a direct proceeding for the recovery of the debt.
(b) In no case shall a decree be rendered in favor of the executor or administrator against
such distributee or legatee for the excess, when the debt is greater in amount than the distributive
share; nor shall the executor or administrator be prevented from prosecuting a civil action
in the proper court for any excess that may be due him...
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