Section 43-2-331
Extension of time upon showing of good cause.
Whenever any executor or administrator has kept an estate together, under the order of the probate court, for 10 years, the time may be extended annually, upon application and good cause shown, if the court is of the opinion that the interest of such estate demands such extension.
(Code 1867, §4431; Code 1876, §2603; Code 1886, §2211; Code 1896, §279; Code 1907, §2744; Code 1923, §5983; Code 1940, T. 61, §199.)