Letters testamentary, or of administration, shall not be granted to a minor, to a person who is mentally incapacitated or to a person convicted of a crime disqualifying the person from taking an oath.

Code 1852, § ?1783; Code 1915, § ?3345; Code 1935, § ?3810; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?1508; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;