Taylor's Administrator v. Taylor's Children

The ancestor of the appellees died, and administration of his estate was granted in 1866. Any claim which they can prefer to property of their ancestor, as exempt from administration, must be founded on the laws existing at his death. Subsequent legislation will not enlarge or diminish their rights in this respect. Taylor, Administrator, v. Pettus, 52 Ala. 287.

The statute of force, at the ancestor’s death, subjected all the property of a decedent to the payment of his debts, except articles of personal property specially enumerated, and in the event of the insolvency of the estate, real…