Whenever it shall be necessary for an executor or administrator to sell property to pay the debts and expenses of the estate, he may file a petition in the chancery court for the sale of the land of the deceased, or so much of it as may be necessary, and exhibit to the court a true account of the personal estate and debts due from the deceased, and the expenses and a description of the land to be sold. Any sale of land shall be subject to the abatement provisions of Section 91-7-90.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-191
Sale of land upon insufficiency of personalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 360 So. 2d 679 - Stovall v. Stovall (1978)
Most recently applied in 360 So. 2d 679 - Stovall v. Stovall (May 1978)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (98); 1857, ch. 60, art. 88; 1871, § 1148; 1880, § 2039; 1892, § 1893; 1906, § 2068; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1735; 1930, § 1691; 1942, § 588…
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