51 Ala. 493 | Ala. | 1874
The appellee, as the widow of Drury Thompson, of whose estate the appellant is administrator, petitioned the probate court to order the appraisement of certain property of the decedent, with a view to its being set apart to her under the exemption law of 1872-3. The administrator objected, on the grounds: 1st, The applicant had a separate estate, greater in value than would be her dower interest and distributive share. 2d, The deceden fc left three children, though they were of full age, and had left the family, who would be entitled to share with her, if the exemp
The benefits of this statute, in respect to the children, are clearly confined to those who are under twenty-one years of
The judgment is affirmed.