Golden v. Crawley

After all exceptions were disposed of by the District Judge, there remained a suit by the widow against the sole heir of the deceased husband for $1,000 dowry provided by Article 3252, R. C. C., and an alternative demand for a homestead as provided by the Constitution of Article 11, Section 1, as amended. Ruling of the lower court on the exceptions is not complained of here.

On December 10, 1941, the deceased, O.S. Golden, married Mrs. Zona Lee Stroud in Grant Parish. They immediately established their matrimonial domicile in Natchitoches Parish, near Goldonna. Both had been married before. He…