Section 43-2-450
Order of sale for payment of debts.
On the hearing of such application, and when the application is by an executor or administrator with the will annexed, that no power is given by the will for that purpose, the court may direct the sale of all, or such portion of the real estate as may be necessary to pay the debts; and such sale may be had on such credit as the court may direct, not exceeding two years.
(Code 1852, §1760; Code 1867, §2086; Code 1876, §2456; Code 1886, §2112; Code 1896, §165; Code 1907, §2629; Code 1923, §5858; Code 1940, T. 61, §253; Acts 1984, No. 84-258, p. 426, §1.)