§ 43-2-372 — No Preference Among Debts of Same Class

Alabama § 43-2-372

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 43: Wills and Decedents’ Estates
• Ch. 2: Administration of Estates
• Art. 15: Claims and Debts
• Div. 2: Payment and Preference

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No executor or administrator must, before the expiration of six months from the grant of letters, give a preference in the payment of any debt over others of the same class; nor is a debt due and payable entitled to any preference over debts of the same class which are not due.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1742; Code 1867, §2065; Code 1876, §2431; Code 1886, §2080; Code 1896, §127; Code 1907, §2598; Code 1923, §5823; Code 1940, T. 61, §219.)