Cogburn v. Callier

The bill of complaint shows that Lou A. Cogburn, widow of John A. Cogburn, duly dissented from his will. The effect of this dissent was the same as intestacy, so far as she was concerned (section 10593, Code 1923), and, there, being no children, she was entitled to take all the personal property of the decedent (section 7374, Code 1923). It appears, therefore, on the face of the bill, that the respondents, as heirs at law of the widow, and not these complainants, are the owners of the personal property that belonged to the estate of the decedent, John A. Cogburn, regardless of any exemption…