No executor of an executor can, as such, administer on the estate of the first testator; but on the death of a sole or surviving executor, letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted to the persons entitled thereto, as in any case in which a sole executor has renounced his or her appointment.
Ala. Code § 43-2-28
Death of Sole or Surviving Executor.
(Code 1852, §1666; Code 1867, §1984; Code 1876, §2348; Code 1886, §2012; Code 1896, §54; Code 1907, §2516; Code 1923, §5738; Code 1940, T. 61, §77.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.