Johnson v. Duncan

LAWSON, Justice.

Will Duncan, a resident of Dallas County, died intestate on December 22, 1949, leaving, a considerable amount of real property situate in the city of Selma.

On January 8, 1951, the circuit court of Dallas County, in equity, to which the administration of the estate had been removed, entered a decree assigning to the widow, Rebecca Duncan, as dower, an estate for life in one-half in value of the real property owned by Will Duncan at the time of his death.

Rebecca Duncan was not possessed of a separate estate in an amount sufficient to deprive her of dower. Will Duncan’s estate…