If process be returned executed, or publication has been made, the court shall examine the final account so presented and filed, hear the evidence in support of it, and the objections and evidence against it. If the court shall be satisfied that the account is correct, it shall make a final decree of approval and allowance, and shall, at the same time, order the executor or administrator to make distribution of the property in his hands. In proceedings for a final settlement, the court may allow any party interested to surcharge and falsify any annual or partial settlement of the executor or administrator.Codes, 1857, ch. 60, art. 107; 1871, § 1169; 1880, § 2070; 1892, § 1953; 1906, § 2127; Hemingway's 1917, § 1795; 1930, § 1739; 1942, § 641; Laws, 1960, ch. 217, § 8.Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 458, HB 1375,§ 10, eff. 7/1/2019.
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