Bell v. Bell

In Hubbard v. Russell, 73 Ala. 578, it was decided that where a decedent leaves a will by which he disposes of his entire property, providing for the widow by making her a devisee under the terms of the instrument, *65slie could claim her exemptions of personal property provided for by statute without being first required to dissent from the will. In that case, the testator had directed the property, real and personal, to be sold, giving the widow, during her life or widowhood, one half interest in the net proceeds, to be retained in trust by the executor for her use, with remainder to the…