The appointment of a debtor as an executor is not a discharge of the debt, unless it is so directed in the will.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 43-8-251 - Renunciation of Succession.
Section 43-8-252 - Effect of Divorce, Annulment, or Decree of Separation.
Section 43-8-254 - Appointment of Debtor as Executor.
Section 43-8-255 - Administrators With Will Annexed Have Same Powers as Executors.