1. Bond to prevent sale. Any person interested in the estate may prevent a sale, mortgage, pledge, exchange or lease of the whole or any part of the real estate or personal property for any purpose, by giving bond to the satisfaction of the court, conditioned that the person willpay such demands against the estate as the court shall require, not toexceed the value of the property thus kept from sale, mortgage, pledge, exchange, or lease, as soon as called upon by the court for that purpose. 2. Breach of bond — procedure. Ifthe conditions of such bond are broken, the property will be liable for the debts, unless ithas passed into the hands of innocent purchasers, and the executor or administrator may take possession thereof and sell itunder the direction of the court, or may prosecute the bond, or pursue both remedies at the same time, ifthe court so directs. 3. Effect ofbond. If the conditions of the bond are complied with, the property shall pass by devise, bequest, distribution, or descent in the same manner as though there had been no debts against the estate.
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