An executor or administrator may be examined on oath before the court upon any matter relative to his or her accounts.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 997; G.L. 1909, ch. 319, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 370, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 580, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-14-3.