Compromise with debtors allowable

Whenever a debtor of a decedent is unable to pay all his debts, the executor or administrator, with the approbation of the judge of the district court, may compound with him, and give him a discharge upon receiving a fair and just dividend of his effects. A compromise may also be authorized, when it appears to be just and for the best interest of the estate. R.L.1910, § 6308.