Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-731: Appeal does not stay issue of letters

An appeal from the decree or order admitting a will to probate,

or granting letters testamentary, or letters of administration, does

not stay the issuing of letters where, in the opinion of the judge,

manifested by an entry upon the minutes of the court, the

preservation of the estate requires that such letters should issue.

But the letters so issued do not confer power to sell real property

by virtue of any provision in the will, or to pay or satisfy

legacies or to distribute the property of the decedent among the

next of kin, until the final determination of the appeal.