The probate court has power to grant orders authorizing administrators, in cases of intestacy, to hire a sufficient number of laborers to keep up and cultivate the plantation of their intestates, where it is deemed by the court advisable to order the same to be kept together for a term of years.
Ala. Code § 43-2-334
Order Authorizing Hiring of Laborers - Generally.
(Code 1867, §2266; Code 1876, §2606; Code 1886, §2214; Code 1896, §282; Code 1907, §2747; Code 1923, §5986; Code 1940, T. 61, §202.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.