Alabama Statutes
§ 43-2-393 — When Executor or Administrator May Give Note, Etc., to Extend or Settle Debt
Alabama·Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates·Ch. 2 Administration of Estates·Art. 15 Claims and Debts·Div. 3 Sale, Compromise, and Settlement
Any executor or administrator, by authority of the probate court given on his or her written application, may, in his or her representative capacity, give his or her note, bond or bill for the purpose of extending or settling a debt of the decedent, or settling a debt contracted by such representative for articles, or for work and labor for the estate; and for such note, bond or bill the estate is liable, and the executor or administrator is not personally liable. But the heirs, devisees, distributees, or legatees must have 10 days’ notice of such application.
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Legislative History
(Code 1867, §2066; Code 1876, §2432; Code 1886, §2091; Code 1896, §141; Code 1907, §2605; Code 1923, §5830; Code 1940, T. 61, §226.)
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