Land v. Bowyer

This is an appeal by Mary M. Land from a judgment of the Russell County Circuit Court which dismissed her as a party plaintiff in an estate proceeding. The suit was commenced as a petition for sale for division of land owned by Robert C. Myrick at the time of his death. Land, Myrick's widow, asked that her dower interest and distributive share be set aside from the proceeds of the sale. On a motion filed by appellees, Forest F. Bowyer and Linda Ann Bowyer Pugh, Land was dismissed from the suit.

Two issues are dispositive of this appeal:

1. Does this court's decision in Hall v. McBride, 416…