Lytle v. Sandefur
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity for Reformation of Conveyance, and Removal of Cloud on Title to Land. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson. Heard before the Hon. Thos. Cobbs. cited Rea v. Longstreet, 54 Ala. 294; Tyson v. Brown, 64 Ala. 244; 1 Brick. Digest, 615, § 42.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— The pith of the present bill may be stated as follows : James L. Sandefur died seized in fee of certain six acres of land. It was not his homestead, nor did it constitute any part of his last dwelling-place. His estate *397owed no debts, and no administration was had, or was necessary. His heirs were his children, and they are complainants in this bill. M. A. Sandefur was his wife and his widow, and is also a complainant. Dower had never been allotted to her, but it seems she now lives with the heirs of her husband, who are also her children^ on this land. Subsequent to her husband’s death, she…
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