Creditors may recover their debts from heirs or devisees of the will of a debtor.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
He appointed these trustees visitors, and in that respect to take place of his heir; as he might have appointed devisees, to take his estate instead of his heir.
"Select Speeches of Daniel Webster"
Daniel Webster
Any person who is interested in a mortgaged estate has the right to redeem it; heirs, devisees, creditors.
"Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman"
Albert Sidney Bolles