Thompson's Administrator v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Mobile. In the matter of the estate of Drury Thompson, deceased, on the application of his widow, Mrs. Nancy D. Thompson, for the appraisement and allotment to her of certain personal property, which she claimed as exempt from administration under the provisions of the act approved April 23, 1873. Session Acts 1872-3, p. 64. The court granted the order as prayed in the petition, and the administrator excepted to the decision; and this decree…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Mobile. In the matter of the estate of Drury Thompson, deceased, on the application of his widow, Mrs. Nancy D. Thompson, for the appraisement and allotment to her of certain personal property, which she claimed as exempt from administration under the provisions of the act approved April 23, 1873. Session Acts 1872-3, p. 64. The court granted the order as prayed in the petition, and the administrator excepted to the decision; and this decree of the court, from which the appeal is sued out by the administrator, is now assigned as error.
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The appellee, as the widow of Drury Thompson, of whose estate the appellant is administrator, petitioned the probate court to order the appraisement of certain property of the decedent, with a view to its being set apart to her under the exemption law of 1872-3. The administrator objected, on the grounds: 1st, The applicant had a separate estate, greater in value than would be her dower interest and distributive share. 2d, The deceden fc left three children, though they were of full age, and had left the family, who would be entitled to share with her, if the exemp*494tion is allowed. 3d, The…
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