Richter v. Richter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cullman Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Wm, H. Simpson. Bill by Sophia Richter against Herman Richter and another as executors of the estate of complainant’s deceased husband to remove the estate from the probate to the chancery court and to carve out her exemptions. From a decree for complainant defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Cullman Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Wm, H. Simpson. Bill by Sophia Richter against Herman Richter and another as executors of the estate of complainant’s deceased husband to remove the estate from the probate to the chancery court and to carve out her exemptions. From a decree for complainant defendants appeal. After discussing the evidence in the case appellants insist that it falls far short of discharging the burden cast upon complainant of proving the allegations of her bill and that the facts differentiate it from the case of Nelson v. Brown, 164 Ala. 397, under which…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLE'LLAN, J.
Sophia Richter is the widow of William Richter, Sr., who died August 24, 1909. That marriage was without issue. By a previous marriage he had eight children. These survived him and are his heirs at law. All were adults when Sophia Zitkov and Richter were married. The widow exhibited this bill against the appellants as executors of the probated will of William Richter, Sr., deceased, and against the eight heirs at law of the testator. Its theory and purpose was to remove the administration of the estate into the chancery court to enforce her alleged rights to personal and homestead exemptions…
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