Stallworth v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action by Arthur Hicks, Jr., concerning property in Jefferson County owned by his wife Geneva Hicks prior to her death. Mr. Hicks and the deceased occupied the premises as a homestead at the time of her death.
Mrs. Hicks died intestate on May 13, 1975. She left surviving her Arthur Hicks, Jr., her husband; one brother, W.J. Stallworth (appellant herein); and the children of a deceased sister. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks had no children. Under the laws of intestate succession in effect on the date of Geneva Hicks's death, Code of Alabama 1940, Title 16, § 1 (5) (Recomp. 1958), the realty…
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