§ 224. Successors Succeed to Prior Rights, Powers, and Duties
224. Successors Succeed to Prior Rights, Powers, and Duties
When a representative of the estate not administered succeeds another, he shall be clothed with all rights, powers, and duties of his predecessor, except such rights and powers conferred on the predecessor by will which are different from those conferred by this Code on personal representatives generally. Subject to this exception, the successor shall proceed to administer such estate in like manner as if his administration were a continuation of the former one. He shall be required to account for all the estate which came into the hands of his predecessor and shall be entitled to any order or remedy which the court has power to give in order to enforce the delivery of the estate and the liability of the sureties of his predecessor for so much as is not delivered. He shall be excused from accounting for such of the estate as he has failed to recover after due diligence.