Geohegan v. Geohegan

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, denying the petition filed by Elizabeth H. Geohegan, the widow of Leslie E. Geohegan, deceased, under the provisions of Sec. 662, Title 7, Code of Alabama 1940, for exemptions in lieu of homestead.

The case was submitted to the court below on an agreed statement of facts, which may be summarized as follows :

Leslie E. Geohegan, a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, died testate in Jeffer*515son County, Alabama, on January 2, 1956. He left surviving him his widow and four daughters,…