If none of the creditors attend at the time appointed or if, from any other cause, no appointment of such administrator is made, the court may, in its discretion, continue the former executor or administrator or may appoint any fit person, or the general administrator of the county or, should there be none, the sheriff of the county, to administer the estate according to the provisions of this division.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 19 - Insolvent Estates.
Division 2 - Nomination and Election of Administrators of Insolvent Estates.
Section 43-2-720 - When Creditors May Make Nomination; Who May Be Nominated.
Section 43-2-721 - Voting Procedure Generally; Proof of Claims Required.
Section 43-2-722 - Person Receiving Plurality Appointed Administrator.
Section 43-2-723 - Discretion of Court Upon Failure of Creditors to Attend.
Section 43-2-724 - Former Letters Revoked Upon Appointment; Property Vested in Administrator.