It shall be the duty of an executor or administrator to speedily pay the debts due by the estate out of the assets, if the estate be solvent; but he shall not pay any claim against the deceased unless the same has been probated, allowed, and registered.
Executor to pay probated, registered debts
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-155, under Executors and Administrators.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-155