Ala. Code § 43-2-696
The person making payment, delivery, transfer or issuance of personal property or evidence thereof pursuant to the affidavit prescribed in section 43-2-694 shall be discharged and released to the same extent as if made to a personal representative of the decedent, and he shall not be required to see the application thereof or to inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit if made by any other person. If any person to whom such affidavit is delivered refuses to pay, deliver, transfer or issue any personal property or evidence thereof, it may be recovered or its payment, delivery, transfer or issuance compelled in an action brought for such purpose by or on behalf of the person entitled thereto under sections 43-2-692 and 43-2-695 upon proof of the defeasible right declared by such sections. Any person to whom payment, delivery, transfer or issuance is made shall be answerable and accountable therefor to any personal representative of the estate or to the surviving spouse or minor children of the decedent who shall proceed against such person, or to any other person having a superior right to the decedent's estate.
Ala. Code § 43-2-696 (1975)