Edwards v. Bibb
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. Thomas Bibb, of the parish of La Eourche Interior, in the State of Louisiana, made his last will and testament, in which he disposed of a very large estate, both real and personal; a part of which lay in the county of Limestone, Alabama.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. Thomas Bibb, of the parish of La Eourche Interior, in the State of Louisiana, made his last will and testament, in which he disposed of a very large estate, both real and personal; a part of which lay in the county of Limestone, Alabama. This will bears date the 14th day of Eebruary, 1839. It is admitted in the proofs that the testator died in the year 1840, and that after his death his will was duly proven and admitted to record, as required by law, so as to give it full effect in the State. It was further admitted…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
Wills take effect from the death of the testator, and their validity and their construction are to be controlled by the laws of the country where they are to be enforced.—17 Ala. 286.
The testator, in this case, died in 1840, and the laws which then effected the provisions of this will, disposing of his property in this State, were the 5th and 10th sections of the act of the 22d December, 1812.—Aikin’s Dig., pp. 94, 95, 5, 35, 39; Clay’s Dig., pp. 156, 157, 5, 33, 37. The ef*669feet of this statute was to render words of inheritance unnecessary in a deed or will of lands, and to abolish all “…
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