45 Ala. 274 | Ala. | 1871
The appellant applied to the probate court to set apart to her five hundred dollars worth of the lands belonging to the estate of her deceased husband, under the provisions of section 2061 of the Revised
Under section 2061, the widow, if there be no children under twenty-one years of age, as in this case, is entitled to as much as five hundred dollars worth of the lands of her husband exempt from the payment of his debts, whether his estate is insolvent or not; but it is not exempt from the claims of heirs or distributees, unless the estate is insolvent. The quantity of a widow’s dower interest, when there are lineal descendants, is one third part of the lands, whether the estate is insolvent or not. This is the largest quantity which she can obtain against the heirs, except in case of insolvency.
The decree is affirmed.