No executor of an executor can, as such, administer on the estate of the first testator; but on the death of a sole or surviving executor, letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted to the persons entitled thereto, as in any case in which a sole executor has renounced his appointment.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 2 - Grant of Letters Testamentary of Administration.
Division 1 - Grant of Letters Testamentary.
Section 43-2-22 - Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator.
Section 43-2-23 - Issuance of Letters to Married Woman.
Section 43-2-24 - Supplemental Letters for Minors and Married Women Upon Removal of Disability.
Section 43-2-25 - Procedure for Renouncing Appointment.
Section 43-2-28 - Death of Sole or Surviving Executor.
Section 43-2-29 - Grant of Letters Testamentary After Revocation of Letters of Administration.