Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.270
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Executors and administrators shall collect all money and debts of every kind due to the decedent, and give receipts and discharges therefor, and shall commence and prosecute all actions which may be maintained and are necessary in the course of his administration, and defend all actions brought against him.
§ 473.270, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 94, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 108