Oliver v. Braswell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

In settlement of proceedings contesting the will of Mrs. Mary E. Stovall, in which her heirs were contestants and her husband, W. H. Stovall, was contestee, it was mutually agreed in writing by the parties that a judgment be entered setting aside the will and that the husband he paid, in lieu of all his interest in his wife’s estate, the sum of $1,725.00. Prior to that time a suit had been filed in the Monroe circuit court to settle the estate of Mrs. Stovall and to sell her land and divide the proceeds and *298her personalty, .after the payment…