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§58-290.
§58-290.
The executor or administrator is entitled to the possession of all the
real and personal estate of the decedent, and to receive the rents and
profits of the real estate, except the realty and improvements thereon
properly belonging to the homestead, and such personal property as is
reserved by law to the widow and children of the decedent, or either
of them until the estate is settled or delivered over by order of the
district court to the heirs or devisees; and he must keep in good
tenantable repair all houses, buildings, and fixtures thereon, which
are under his control. The heirs or devisees may themselves, or
jointly with the executor or administrator, maintain an action for the
possession of the real estate, or for the purpose of quieting title to
the same, against anyone except the executor or administrator.
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