Hickson v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Homestead! Dower. Before Judge Johnson. Harris Superior Court. April Term, 187'0. In November, 1868, Myra T. Hickson, widow, as head of a family, applied for the benefit of the Homestead Act.
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Homestead! Dower. Before Judge Johnson. Harris Superior Court. April Term, 187'0. In November, 1868, Myra T. Hickson, widow, as head of a family, applied for the benefit of the Homestead Act. Certain creditors objected, upon the grounds that the Homestead Act is contrary to Article I., section 10, of the Constitution of the United States; because said widow elected to take dower out of her husband’s lands, and that the dower assigned to her was worth more than $2,000 00 in specie; because she had had her year’s support set apait, in personalty, out of said estate, and it was worth over $1,000…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
On the statement of facts disclosed by the record in this case, there was no error in the judgment of the Court below in deciding that the application was not entitled to a homestead (after electing to take her dower,) out of the other land of her deceased husband.
Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed.
2Cited by1 opinion
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