Section 43-2-373
Payment of claims barred by statute of limitations.
No claim against the estate of a decedent whether in favor of the personal representative or any other person, which was barred by the statute of limitations at the time of the death of such decedent, shall be paid by or allowed to the personal representative, unless the payment of such claim be expressly directed by a testator in his will.
(Code 1896, §128; Code 1907, §2599; Code 1923, §5824; Code 1940, T. 61, §220.)