Proceeding by creditors to have real estate sold

§ 20–1111. Proceeding by creditors to have real estate soldWhen a person dies leaving real estate in possession, remainder, or reversion, and not leaving personal estate sufficient to pay his debts, the Court, on a suit instituted by any of his creditors, may decree that all the real estate left by the person, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be sold to pay the charges mentioned in section 20–1106. This section applies whether the heirs or devisees are residents or nonresidents, are of full age or infants, and are of sound mind or are insane, and also where the deceased left, no heirs or it is not known whether he left heirs or devisees or the heirs or devisees are uknown. Where there are no known heirs the United States attorney for the District of Columbia shall be notified of the suit and appear therein.