Williamson v. Mason
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ehror to the Court of Probate of Wilcox County. George W. Williamson and Martha J., his wife, filed their petition in the Probate Court of Wilcox, setting forth that one Jonathan Mason, late of said county, died intestate on the ' 15th of August, 1849 ; that said Martha is his only heir at law; that Lucy H. Mason, the widow of said intestate, administered upon his estate in Wilcox County, and took possession of all the property of the estate as such administratrix; that said…
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Ehror to the Court of Probate of Wilcox County. George W. Williamson and Martha J., his wife, filed their petition in the Probate Court of Wilcox, setting forth that one Jonathan Mason, late of said county, died intestate on the ' 15th of August, 1849 ; that said Martha is his only heir at law; that Lucy H. Mason, the widow of said intestate, administered upon his estate in Wilcox County, and took possession of all the property of the estate as such administratrix; that said Martha J. is entitled to one half the personal estate and all the real estate (saying to said widow her dower) which…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, C. J.
Lucy Mason, late Lucy Baldwin, while the widow of Aaron Baldwin, and entitled as such to an undivided interest in her deceased husband’s estate, consisting of negro slaves, moneys and choses in action, being about to marry Jonathan Mason, entered into an ante-nuptial contract with him, which is as follows :
“ Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized, by the permission of God, between Jonathan Mason and Lucy Baldwin, and whereas said Lucy is heir to a considerable personal estate, claimed by her as widow and heir of the late Aaron Baldwin, deceased, consisting of negroes, bonds…
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