Legal Opinion

Sims v. Cox

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 11, 1992No. 1911263Published

1Opinion of the Court

611 So.2d 339 (1992)

Spencer SIMS

v.

Gracie Joan COX and Farris Lee Cox.

1911263.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 11, 1992.

William R. Justice, Columbiana, for appellant.

Joseph E. Walden of Walden & Walden Attorneys, Alabaster, for appellees.

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether a husband, who held a joint interest with his wife in homestead property with right of survivorship, could make a conveyance of his interest during the lifetime of his wife without the wife's signature and assent. We hold that the law of Alabama, under the facts of this case, declares such a…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. First Alabama Bank of Dothan v. RenfroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. Brown v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Brinson v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  4. Gowens v. GossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  5. Leonard v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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