Alabama § 43-2-29 Grant of Letters Testamentary After Revocation of Letters of Administration

Alabama Statutes

§ 43-2-29 — Grant of Letters Testamentary After Revocation of Letters of Administration

Alabama·Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates·Ch. 2 Administration of Estates·Art. 2 Grant of Letters Testamentary of Administration·Div. 1 Grant of Letters Testamentary

(a)If, after letters of administration have been granted as in case of intestacy, any will is proved and the executor therein named appears, claims letters testamentary and complies with the requisition of the law, the probate court having jurisdiction must revoke the letters of administration and grant letters testamentary to such executor.

(b)If, in the case provided for by subsection (a), the sole executor or some of the executors, within five days after the proof of such will, do not appear and take out letters testamentary thereon, a copy of the will must be annexed to the letters of administration and must be executed by the administrator.

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(a) If, after letters of administration have been granted as in case of intestacy, any will is proved and the executor therein named appears, claims letters testamentary and complies with the requisition of the law, the probate court having jurisdiction must revoke the letters of administration and grant letters testamentary to such executor.
(b) If, in the case provided for by subsection (a), the sole executor or some of the executors, within five days after the proof of such will, do not appear and take out letters testamentary thereon, a copy of the will must be annexed to the letters of administration and must be executed by the administrator.

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Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§1722, 1723; Code 1867, §§2045, 2046; Code 1876, §§2414, 2415; Code 1886 §§2066, 2067; Code 1896, §§113, 114; Code 1907, §§2517, 2518; Code 1923, §§5739, 5740; Code 1940, T. 61, §§78, 79.)