Cessation of powers

§ 20–506. Cessation of powersOn the granting of letters testamentary or of administration the power of a collector cease. He shall deliver, on demand, all the property and money of the decedent in his hands and excepted by section 20–504, to the person obtaining the letters, and the latter may be permitted to prosecute suits commenced by the collector as if they had been begun by him, and may also defend suits brought against the collector by a creditor of the deceased.