Removal of co-executor or co-administrator for negligence or misconduct; complaint; recovery of loss or damage

§ 20–356. Removal of co-executor or co-administrator for negligence or misconduct; complaint; recovery of loss or damageIf a joint executor or administrator apprehends that he is in danger of suffering by the negligence or misconduct in the administration or the improper use or misapplication of the assets of the estate by a co-executor or co-administrator, he may make complaint to the court. Upon adjudging the complaint to be well founded, the court may revoke the letters of the executor or administrator so complained of and compel the delivery and surrender to the remaining executor or administrator of the assets, books, papers, and evidences of debt, of the estate in the possession or control of the person whose letters have been revoked. The remaining executors or administrators may recover, in a civil action, for loss or damage they may suffer through the executor or administrator whose letters have been revoked.