Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Thigpen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 27, 1964No. 6 Div. 62PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
Margaret Sanders, an inhabitant of Jefferson County, Alabama, died on 25 May 1962. Her entire estate, real and personal, did not exceed $6;000 in value, and the real *199property did not exceed 160 acres in area. Margaret Sanders was survived by seven adult children and three minor children.
The sole question presented on this review is whether the homestead of the decedent mother, being the only real estate owned by her, vests in all of her children, or only in the minor children.
The lower court entered a judgment vesting the title to the homestead in fee simple in the three…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Champion v. McLeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Dixie Coaches, Inc. v. RamsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Walker v. HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- State v. Lamson & Sessions CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Mitchell v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Hogan v. State ex rel. Van AntwerpCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970