Willis v. Cadenhead
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Court of Probate of Butler. The proceedings in this case were had on the petition of Anna E. Cadenhead. by her guardian, for distribution of the estate of her mother, Sarah A. S. Willis, of which George T. Willis, the surviving husband of the said Sarah, was the administrator.
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Appeal from the Court of Probate of Butler. The proceedings in this case were had on the petition of Anna E. Cadenhead. by her guardian, for distribution of the estate of her mother, Sarah A. S. Willis, of which George T. Willis, the surviving husband of the said Sarah, was the administrator. On the hearing of the petition, as appears from the bill of exceptions, the petitioner proved that the said Sarah A. S. Willis, whose maiden name was King,first intermarried with-one Isaac N. Cadenhead. and'afterwards gave birth to the petitioner, who is her onh living child; that the said Isaac N.…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
The provisions of sections 1990 and 1997 of the Code do not apply to the separate estate of a married woman, which was created before her marriage, by a deed executed in 1845, containing a provision that such separate estate should be “ free and exempt from all debts or contracts whatever of any husband” she might thereafter marry. — Gerald v. McKenzie, 27 Ala. Rep. 166; Friend v. Oliver, 27 Ala. Rep. 532; Cunningham v. Fontaine, 25 Ala. R. 644; Kidd v. Montague, 19 Ala. R. 618; White v. White, 4 Howard’s Practice Rep, 102; Perkins v. Cottrell, 15 Barb. Sup. Ct. Rep. 446; Ratcliff v.…
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