Any debt not due, which has been presented, may be paid by an executor or administrator after six months from the grant of letters, and the provisions of section 43-2-374 include such debts; but such payment must not be made unless the creditor accepts, in discharge of such debt, such an amount as, with interest from the day of payment to the day when such debt is due, would make the amount thereof.
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.