Farris v. Wright

This case involves an attack on the 'Constitutionality of a statute, enacted by the General Assembly at the recent session (1923), entitled, “An act to abolish tenancy by the curtesy. ’ ’ Section 1, which constitutes the body of the statute, reads as follows:

“The estate of curtesy is hereby abolished, and hereafter, upon the death of a married woman, her surviving- husband shall have in her estate the same interest that the wife lias in the estate of the husband upon his death under the laws of this State.”

We deem it necessary to consider as decisive of the case the only point of attack on…