§58-731.

§58-731.
   
   An appeal from the decree or order admitting a will to probate, or
   granting letters testamentary, or letters of administration, does not
   stay the issuing of letters where, in the opinion of the judge,
   manifested by an entry upon the minutes of the court, the preservation
   of the estate requires that such letters should issue. But the letters
   so issued do not confer power to sell real property by virtue of any
   provision in the will, or to pay or satisfy legacies or to distribute
   the property of the decedent among the next of kin, until the final
   determination of the appeal.