Glenn v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Mrs. Harriet Glenn, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Bobert I. Glenn; “on the trial of which final settlement,” as the record states, “ the following agreed case and bill of exceptions were made and taken by the parties “ It is agreed in this case, that Bobert J. 'Glenn, the intestate, died in this State, on the 1th day of May, 1858; that…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Montgomery. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Mrs. Harriet Glenn, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Bobert I. Glenn; “on the trial of which final settlement,” as the record states, “ the following agreed case and bill of exceptions were made and taken by the parties “ It is agreed in this case, that Bobert J. 'Glenn, the intestate, died in this State, on the 1th day of May, 1858; that the value of his slaves and other personal property, at the time of his death, was forty-four thousand dollars; that…
1Opinion of the CourtByrd, J.
Quarantine, at common law, was the right a widow had to tarry forty days in the principal messuage of her husband.—Scribner on Dower, 14. It is said that this provision was made in consideration of the destitute situation in which the widow is cast by the death of her husband. By statute in this State, a widow may retain possession of the dwelling-house where her husband most usually resided next before his death, with the offices and buildings appurtenant thereto, and the plantation connected therewith, until her dower is assigned, free from the payment of rent. — Code, § 1359. It may be…
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- Doe ex dem. Cook v. WebbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Weaver v. CrenshawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1844
- Jennings v. Blocker's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- Hardy v. BoazSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Robertson v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
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- Callie L. Cox and B. C. Cox, Jr., as Executors Under the Will of B. C. Cox, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Glenn's Adm'r v. BillingsleaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Bruce's v. Strickland's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
- Billingslea v. GlennSupreme Court of Alabama · 1871
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