§ 58-420 — Petition for sale by third person.

If the executor or administrator neglects to apply for any order of sale when it is necessary, any person may make application therefor in the same manner as the executor or administrator, and notice thereof must be given to the executor or administrator before the hearing. The petition of such applicant must contain as many of the matters required for the petition of the executor or administrator as he can ascertain, and the decree of sale must fix the period of time within which the executor or administrator must make the sale.

Legislative History

R.L.1910, § 6380.