Singo v. Fritz
Supreme Court of Alabama
Petition to Set Aside Decree. Appeal from Montgomery Probate Court. Meard before Hon. J. B. Gaston. Dorcas Singo filed a petition as tbe widow of decedent George Singo requesting that certain property be set aside to her as such widow which was accordingly done by proper decree. Later, Jury Fritz, a minor by next friend, filed a petition seeking to have the said decree vacated, assigning various grounds therefor.
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Petition to Set Aside Decree. Appeal from Montgomery Probate Court. Meard before Hon. J. B. Gaston. Dorcas Singo filed a petition as tbe widow of decedent George Singo requesting that certain property be set aside to her as such widow which was accordingly done by proper decree. Later, Jury Fritz, a minor by next friend, filed a petition seeking to have the said decree vacated, assigning various grounds therefor. The prohate court entered a decree granting relief and annulling its former decree, and the respondent Singo appeals. The court has held that the former decree was valid and binding.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— On the 22d day of January, 1906, Dorcas Singo (the appellant) filed a petition in the probate court, alleging the death of George Singo on November 20,1905, that his real estate consisted of a small tract of land in said county and a small amount of personalty, that she was the widow of said Singo, etc., and praying that the said property be set apart to her under the exemption laws of Alabama. Commissioners were appointed, according to law, who made their report, setting it apart, making a complete inventory, showing that said property was all of the property owned by said Singo. Said…
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