Clancy v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought for the benefit of Eliza Clancy, by her guardian, against -the appellee, _F. M. Stephens; and sought to recover certain lands specifi•cally described in the complaint. The plaintiff based her right of recovery upon her right, as surviving widow, to'a dower and quarantine in the lands sued for, which was her •deceased husband’s last homestead.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought for the benefit of Eliza Clancy, by her guardian, against -the appellee, _F. M. Stephens; and sought to recover certain lands specifi•cally described in the complaint. The plaintiff based her right of recovery upon her right, as surviving widow, to'a dower and quarantine in the lands sued for, which was her •deceased husband’s last homestead. The defendant based his right to the lands sued for under a purchase at the sale of the lands in controversy by the…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
Daniel Olancy died intestate in August* 1876. At the time of his death he owned and resided on the lands — 122 acres — which are the subject of the present statutory real action. They were his last residence. He left surviving him a widov, Eliza Olancy, who is the plaintiff in this, suit. Mrs. Olancy was insane at and before the time of her husband’s death, and she ever afterwards continued so. About two or three months after she became a widow she was placed in the State Insane Hospital, and when this case was tried in the court below, she was still an uncured inmate of the…
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