Gayle v. Johnston

Mary L. Gayle was the owner of a tract of ‘land of some thirteen hundred and seventy acres, and died leaving a last will and testament, which was duly probated. She left five children — three daughters, Anna M., Rebecca D. and Lou. Reese, and two sons, Thomas G. and Billups J. Gayle— and by her will devised her real estate to them equally. She also left four lots in the town of Cahaba, devised, as the plantation was, to her children. The real estate thus became the property of the five children, held in equal, undivided interest as tenants in common, under the statutes of this State. — Code…