Hamilton v. Watson

The bill in this ease was filed by the appellant as the administratrix of N. O. Hamilton, deceased, against the appellee, the administratrix of E. E. Hamilton, deceased, to enjoin an action at law brought by the appellee against the appellant for money had and received. The equity of the bill was sustained in the ease of Watson v. Hamilton, 211 Ala. 688, 101 So. 609, on the assertion of the complainant, that her intestate, as the surviving husband of E. E. Hamilton, deceased, was, under the statute of distribution, entitled to one-half of the money sought to be recovered in the action at law,…