When a sale of property of the estate is necessary to pay the allowance of the family, or the debts outstanding against a decedent, or the debts, expenses or charges of administration, or legacies, or is otherwise in the best interests of the estate, the executor or administrator may also sell any real, as well as personal, property of the estate in his hands and chargeable for that purpose, upon the order of the district court, and an application for the sale of real property may also embrace the sale of personal property.
R.L.1910, § 6371. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 38, § 1.