Section 43-2-700
Order and preference of payment of debts.
When the real and personal property of any decedent is insufficient for the payment of the debts, the proceeds arising from the sale thereof must be distributed as directed by section 43-2-371 in proportion to the amounts due to each class of creditors, in the order in such section specified.
(Code 1852, §1828; Code 1867, §2177; Code 1876, §2549; Code 1886, §2222; Code 1896, §290; Code 1907, §2755; Code 1923, §5994; Code 1940, T. 61, §381.)