Williams v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Dallas Probate Court. Tried before Hon. P. GS-. Wood. To the statement of facts contained in the' opinion it may be added, that it was shown on tbe trial of tbe petition in the court below, that tbe petitioner bad no knowledge or information of tbe existence of tbe policy of insurance, which is set up as a defense to tbe petition, until after ber husband’s death, when the policy and tbe receipts of tbe insurance company for the annual premiums thereon were found…
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Appeal from Dallas Probate Court. Tried before Hon. P. GS-. Wood. To the statement of facts contained in the' opinion it may be added, that it was shown on tbe trial of tbe petition in the court below, that tbe petitioner bad no knowledge or information of tbe existence of tbe policy of insurance, which is set up as a defense to tbe petition, until after ber husband’s death, when the policy and tbe receipts of tbe insurance company for the annual premiums thereon were found among his papers; that sbe never paid any thing on or for tbe policy in the way of premiums or otherwise, and that after…
1Opinion of the CourtSomebyille, J.
This is an application, filed in the Probate Court of Dallas county by Mrs. Clara H. Williams, claiming dower in the lands of her late husband, M. J. Wil*406liams. It is defended on the ground that the petitioner had received the proceeds of a life policy of insurance for $10,000, on the life of her said husband, taken out by him during cov-erture for her benefit. It is claimed that this was her statutory separate estate, and that it was equal to, or greater in value than her dower interest and distributive share in her husband’s estate; and that, for this reason, she is barred of her dower under…
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