§ 226. Subsequent Executors Also Succeed to Prior Rights and Duties
226. Subsequent Executors Also Succeed to Prior Rights and Duties
Whenever an executor shall accept and qualify after letters of administration shall have been granted upon the estate, such executor shall, in like manner, succeed to the previous administrator, and he shall administer the estate in like manner as if his administration were a continuation of the former one, subject, however, to any legal directions of the testator contained in the will in relation to the estate.