McGregor v. McGregor

LAWSON, Justice.. '§ 272, Title 61, Code of 1940, prior to amendment read as follows: “When the sale is confirmed, the court, on the application of the widow, must make an order that a fair equivalent for the dower interest be paid to her by the personal representative, when the purchase money is collected, the value of such interest to be ascertained by "proof, having regard to the age and health of the widow, but in no case to exceed one-sixth of the purchase money.” (Emphasis supplied.) ■

By an act approved July 6, 1945, said § 272, Title 61, supra, was amended to the extent that the…