Wilder v. Mixon

SHORES, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Houston County ordering the executors of the estate of Travis Mixon, III, to pay to his widow, Flora Pauline Mixon (hereinafter referred to as Pauline Mixon or the widow), the reasonable rental value of property assigned to her as dower and homestead. The appeal follows many years of litigation involving this estate and the estate of Travis Mixon, Jr. The facts are as follows:

Travis Mixon, Jr., died intestate in 1967, leaving his wife, Louise Cobb Mixon Byars, and two adult children, Travis Mixon, III, and Katrina Mixon…