Bean v. Bean's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court oí Bike. Heard before the lion. Wabe Keyes'. ■ The facts of this case, as disclosed .by the averments of the bill, are these : Alley Riley died, in 1S29, in Autauga county, Alabama ; and b.y bis last will and testament, which was duly admitted to probate after bis death, devised and' bequeathed to his widow, Mrs. Lorcas Riley, a life-estate in all his property, consisting of lands and slaves.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court oí Bike. Heard before the lion. Wabe Keyes'. ■ The facts of this case, as disclosed .by the averments of the bill, are these : Alley Riley died, in 1S29, in Autauga county, Alabama ; and b.y bis last will and testament, which was duly admitted to probate after bis death, devised and' bequeathed to his widow, Mrs. Lorcas Riley, a life-estate in all his property, consisting of lands and slaves. The estate was duly administered, and the property passed into-the possession of the widow, who, in IS40, married one Jackson Mallet. Mallet died in 1845, intestate,…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
"Ohe of the objects of this bill is to recover the interest' of Dorcas Bean in the estate of her deceased husband, Alexander Bean. In that branch of the case, Charles Mallet, the co-complainant of Dorcas Bean, has not the-slightest interest, and he has no connection with it. For the purposes of this opinion, we will concede to the complainants* .without deciding the question, that upon the facts alleged the two complainants were, as distributees of. the estate of Mallet, vested'with a joint ownership in the property, which was originally derived ’from the estate of Riley, and the accessions…
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