Sellers v. Carter

1. A judgment setting apart a year’s support under sections 4041 et seq. of the Civil Code of 1910 is in effect a conveyance to the widow of an interest in her deceased husband’s estate, and the description of the property must be such as to render it capable of identification. The certainty of description required in a deed or other conveyance is required in a judgment setting apart a year’s support. In the case of lands, if the description is so vague and indefinite that the property can not be identified, the title of the estate is not, divested by the judgment setting apart a year’s…