Whenever any state trust company created under the laws of this state, which has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, appointed trustee in any indenture, deed of trust or other instrument of like character, executed to secure the payment of any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, has been or shall be by reason of insolvency, or for any other cause provided by law, taken over for liquidation by the commissioner or by any other legally reconstituted authority, the powers and duties of such state trust company as trustee in any such instrument shall, upon the entry of an order of the chancery clerk of the court appointing a successor trustee, upon a petition as hereinafter provided, immediately cease and terminate.