Sale of real estate directed in will; procedure; failure to act

§ 20–1103. Sale of real estate directed in will; procedure; failure to actWhere a testator has directed his real estate to be sold for the payment of his debts or legacies, the executor may sell and convey it, and shall account for the proceeds of the sale to the Probate Court in the same manner as for the proceeds of personal estate. Such a sale is not valid unless it is ratified by the court after notice given by publication according to the practice in equity. If the executor refuses or declines to act, or dies without executing the power vested in him, the court, on the application of a person interested, may appoint an administrator de bonis non with the will annexed to execute the power in the same manner in which the executor appointed by the will might have done.