An executor or administrator may, by a writing subscribed by him or her, resign; and his or her resignation must be filed and entered of record in the court having jurisdiction of the administration.
History: (Code 1852, §1718; Code 1867, §2039; Code 1876, §2408; Code 1886, 2060; Code 1896, §107; Code 1907, §2576; Code 1923, §5799; Code 1940, T. 61, §172.)