Jackson v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants, the children of Calvin Jackson, deceased, against the appellee, M. H. Wilson, and averred the following facts: Calvin Jackson died intestate in Chambers county in 1882. His widow, Martha T. Jackson, qualified as administratrix on his estate, shortly after his death, with M. H. Wilson, the appellee, as a surety on her administration bond.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James R. Dowdell. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants, the children of Calvin Jackson, deceased, against the appellee, M. H. Wilson, and averred the following facts: Calvin Jackson died intestate in Chambers county in 1882. His widow, Martha T. Jackson, qualified as administratrix on his estate, shortly after his death, with M. H. Wilson, the appellee, as a surety on her administration bond. The administratrix, as is averred, took possession of the assets" of her husband’s estate, worth, as stated, upwards of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The right of a widow and minor child or children of a decedent to an exemption of the property specified in the statute, — section 2545 of Code of 1886, — is absolute and unqualified ; and is not, in any event, in' anticipation of the distributive share to which either may be entitled on final settlement and distribution of the estate. The additional exemption of personal property provided in the succeeding section, 2546, to the amount of $1,000, is in anticipation of the distributive shares or of legacies, if there be a will. The right and title to that allowed by the first named section…
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