Ex Parte: Martha A. Cothran

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The appeal raises the question: Are the widow and children of the head of a family entitled to assert and enforce the right of homestead in property devised and bequeathed to- them by the deceased husband and father under the terms of a will which directs that the testator’s debts be first paid ?

The case made is this: L. A. Cothran died July 27, 1920, leaving of force a will, executed in April, 1918, whereby he devised and bequeathed all his real estate and personal property to' his wife during her lifetime and at her death to be…