Keenum v. Dodson

In order for the homestead to have vested absolutely in the widow either by operation of law or after being set apart as provided by sections 4198 and 4224 of the Code of 1907, the deceased husband must have left no surviving minor children, as they take with the widow and their right cannot be divested by a proceeding under sections 4224 or 4198 which latter provision relates to heirs of the decedent other than the widow and minor children. In other words, the amendment, as added to section 4198 of the Code of 1907, makes no change in the vesture of the homestead in the widow and minor…