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Texas Probate Code - Section 226. Subsequent Executors Also Succeed To Prior Rights And Duties

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§ 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. Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, § 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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