Judd v. Dowdell

FOSTER, Justice.

The question here is the right of one who has acquired the interest of the widow and one minor child in the homestead of decedent, Van Dowdell, Sr., to contest in equity under the uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of Alabama, section 156 et seq., Title 7, Code of 1940, with Van Dow-dell, Jr., the other minor (now of age) as to their respective interests in the land, of which the respondent is in possession.

The trial court sustained demurrer to the bill, and complainant appeals.

The land is alleged not to exceed in value and area the exemption allowed by law: that it was…