32 Ala. 551 | Ala. | 1858
The controlling question in this case hinges on the inquiry, whether the instrument bearing date June 30,1854, is a deed or a will. The bill of exceptions states, in effect, that the property disposed of by that instrument was the separate estate of Mrs. Mosser. This being the case, unless said instrument operated a disability, she had the unquestioned right to dispose of such separate estate by will, whether it was created by contract, or by our statutes. — Wells v. Bransford, 28 Ala. 200; Code, §1989.
The instrument of June, 1854, being a will, it results that it was revocable. The will of January 25, 1855, if valid, expressly revoked the former one.
The other rulings of the court were free from error, under the construction we have placed on the instrument of June, 1854.
Judgment of the probate court affirmed.