The courts of probate throughout the country and in the several states are granted, if not by statute, by the inherent power of every court to inforce its own commands, the right to compel a settlement and the closing of the estate. The administrator or executor may be dealt with as for contempt, removed from office and charged with the costs and expenses resulting from his failure to perform the duties required of him by the court, and the court may of its own motion cause such action to be taken; likewise the court may compel a settling of the estate, even hold the bondsman liable upon the terms and conditions named by the court.8

6 Blake vs. People, 161 Ill., 74.

7 Wadsworth vs. Connel, 104 Ill., 307.