If a sale, made by an executor or former administrator, shall be returned by a successor administrator, the purchase money shall be payable to the latter, but such payment shall not be made nor the sale approved until the successor administrator gives bond in the Court of Chancery as prescribed in § 2713 of this title; and in that case, the Court may discharge the bond of the executor or former administrator upon such terms as may be deemed proper.
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Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 27. SALE OF LANDS BY EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
§ 2701. Petition for sale of realty to pay decedent's debts; notice.
§ 2702. Application by creditor to compel sale of realty; procedure.
§ 2703. Proof in action to compel sale of realty.
§ 2704. Order of sale; realty to be sold.
§ 2705. Partition no bar to sale.
§ 2706. Manner of sale; notice and adjournment in case of public auction.
§ 2710. Application of proceeds of sale; order of payment of debts.
§ 2711. Disposition of surplus after paying debts.
§ 2712. Order for disposition of surplus.
§ 2713. Bond to be given by executor or administrator before executing order of sale.
§ 2714. Purchase money payable to a successor administrator.
§ 2715. Refund of purchase money when sale not returned or not approved.
§ 2716. Charges of sale; taxing and payment.
§ 2717. Power to refuse order for sale or to approve a sale.
§ 2718. Appeal to Supreme Court.
§ 2719. Power of sale in will; execution; liability of purchaser for application of purchase money.