Smith v. Foster

The code declares that “when an estate is to be kept together for a longer time than twelve months, and there are no debts to pay, and a widow and minor children to be supported out of said estate, they shall have a year’s support for each year that such estate may be kept together.” Civil Code, § 3466. It has been held that this provision is applicable in a case where there is a widow and no minor children. Woodbridge v. Wood *377bridge, 70 Ga. 733. This court has never distinctly decided what is meant by the clause “when an estate is to be kept together.” In Hill v. Lewis, 91 Ga. 796 (2), it…