Section 43-2-291
Rights terminated by sentence of imprisonment.
A sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary, imprisonment in the county jail or hard labor for the county, for a term of 12 months or more, terminates the right of the convict to execute the office of executor or administrator, in the same manner as if he had been removed from office and extinguishes all private trusts not susceptible of delegation by him.
(Code 1852, §263; Code 1867, §3811; Code 1876, §4511; Code 1886, §4505; Code 1896, §5427; Code 1907, §7636; Code 1923, §5292; Code 1940, T. 61, §179.)