Banks v. Banks

On December 2, 1973, Frank Banks, Sr. died intestate seized of one hundred one (101) acres of land in Amite County. He and his wife, Pheletus Banks, had been married more than forty years and on his death he left as his heirs his widow and six children by a former marriage. On February 23, 1974, the widow conveyed her undivided one-seventh (Vrth) interest in the property to Hosea Sanders and Bobbie Lee Turner Sanders, reserving a life estate. After the death of her husband, the widow at all times exercised her homestead rights and had full use and occupation of the entire property.

On May 16,…