91-7-163 - Claim of executor or administrator to be treated same as other claims.
§ 91-7-163. Claim of executor or administrator to be treated same as other claims.
An executor or administrator shall not be allowed to retain any part of the assets in payment of his own claim against the deceased, unless the same be probated and registered as other claims and passed by the court. Every such claim shall stand upon an equal footing with other claims of the same nature.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (108); 1857, ch. 60, art. 85; 1871, § 1143; 1880, § 2030; 1892, § 1935; 1906, § 2109; Hemingway's 1917, § 1777; 1930, § 1677; 1942, § 574.