91-7-223 - Executors and administrators may make deeds of conveyance.
§ 91-7-223. Executors and administrators may make deeds of conveyance.
The administrator, executor, or testamentary trustee may at any time, by and with the consent of the chancery court or the chancellor in vacation, when the chancellor deems it to the best interests of the estate, execute a deed of conveyance conveying any real property formerly owned by the decedent, where said decedent during his lifetime had executed any bond for title, optional contract, or other instrument conferring upon any party the right to purchase and secure title to said real property, where the execution of such conveyance is necessary in order to carry out the terms, provisions, or stipulation of the said bond for title, optional contract, or other instrument.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1733; 1930, § 1707; 1942, § 604; Laws, 1912, ch. 143.