No executor, administrator or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity shall be required to transfer, pay over or distribute any fund or property which may have either a federal or a state tax imposed upon it or which may be liable for the payment of any federal or state tax, until the amount of such tax or taxes due from the devisee, legatee, distributee or other person to whom such property is transferred, is paid or, if the apportionment of tax has not been determined, adequate security is furnished by the transferee for such payment.
46 Del. Laws, c. 119, § 1; 47 Del. Laws, c. 405, § 1; 12 Del. C. 1953, § 2904.