The payment of any debt against the estate of the executor or administrator, after six months from the grant of letters, protects him or her 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.
Ala. Code § 43-2-374
When Executor or Administrator Protected in Payment of Debts.
(Code 1852, §1790; Code 1867, §2117; Code 1876, §2494; Code 1886, §2086; Code 1896, §136; Code 1907, §2600; Code 1923, §5825; Acts 1931, No. 722, p. 839; Code 1940, T. 61, §221.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.