Collette v. Long

J. Y. Cummings died some years since, leaving surviving him a widow, Annie Cummings, and four adult children. He left a will, which the widow renounced. Among other property owned by him was a house and lot which constituted his homestead, and certain furniture and household effects. The widow, under section 1412, Code 1930, continued to use and occupy this homestead. She procured an insurance policy from the Home Insurance Company of New York on the house and the furniture therein, against all direct loss and damage by windstorm, cyclone, and tornado. Afterwards the property insured was…