Bridgeforth v. Maxwell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Probate Court of De Soto county. Hon. J. B. Morgan, judge. Defendant in error, as the widow of "William Maxwell, who died without children or descendants, had allotted to her by the Probate Court one half of her deceased husband’s lands as dower. Afterwards, as the administratrix of her husband, on' a deficiency of the personalty, the petitioned the court for an order of sale of the lands not allotted to her as dower, for the purpose of paying debts.
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Error to the Probate Court of De Soto county. Hon. J. B. Morgan, judge. Defendant in error, as the widow of "William Maxwell, who died without children or descendants, had allotted to her by the Probate Court one half of her deceased husband’s lands as dower. Afterwards, as the administratrix of her husband, on' a deficiency of the personalty, the petitioned the court for an order of sale of the lands not allotted to her as dower, for the purpose of paying debts. The petition states, that a sale of a portion of the lands not embraced in the allotment of dowér will be sufficient. The heirs…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J".,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The' decedent, William Maxwell, late of De Soto county, died, leaving no children nor descendants of them, but did leave the defendant, Mary Maxwell, his widow surviving, who afterwards proceeded and had her dower in the real estate of said decedent assigned agreeably to the statute. Civil Code, p. 467, art. 162.
Some time after this, as administratrix of the said estate, *745she filed her petition in this case in the Probate Court of said county, asking an order for the sale of a portion of the balance of the realty of said decedent, to pay the debts…
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