[Release by administrator or executor of deceased

mortgagee.] When the mortgagee of any land or tenements shall die leaving minor heirs, the executors or administrators of such mortgagee shall be and are hereby authorized, on receiving the amount due the estate of such deceased mortgage [mortgagee], to release to the mortgagor the legal title of the said mortgaged premises, and such deed of release shall be valid. History: Laws 1884, ch. 29, § 30; C.L. 1884, § 2255; C.L. 1897, § 2092; Code 1915, § 4778; C.S. 1929, § 117-122; 1941 Comp., § 63-406; 1953 Comp., § 61-7-6.