The payment of any debt against the estate of the executor or administrator, after six months from the grant of letters, protects him to the extent of the payment from liability on any other debt against such estate which had not been presented at the time of such payment.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 15 - Claims and Debts.
Division 2 - Payment and Preference.
Section 43-2-370 - Property Charged With Payment of Debts.
Section 43-2-371 - Order of Preference.
Section 43-2-372 - No Preference Among Debts of Same Class.
Section 43-2-373 - Payment of Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations.
Section 43-2-374 - When Executor or Administrator Protected in Payment of Debts.