If any of the executors named in a will are not parties to a petition for probate, the clerk of the probate court, upon probate of the will, shall forthwith notify by mail the executors who are not parties and whose post office addresses are known or can be ascertained.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 816; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 571, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-9.