36 Ala. 668 | Ala. | 1860
The will in this ease was ex-, ecuted before the adoption of the Code, but the testatrix died afterwards. A deed, made by the testatrix in 1856, after the Code went into operation, conveyed to a purchaser the land devised by one of tbe clauses of the will, and the purchase-money is unpaid. The effect of that deed, in reference to the revocation of the devise, must be determined by the Code, which was the law at the time of its execution.
. The decree of the court below is reversed, and the cause remanded.