Davis v. Reid

88 So.2d 857 (1956)

Frances J. DAVIS et al.

v.

Martha Jane REID.

3 Div. 712.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 30, 1956.

Edwin C. Page, Jr., Evergreen, and Wm. Hamilton, Greenville, for appellants.

Brooks & Garrett, Brewton, for appellee.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Conecuh County setting apart a homestead and vesting fee simple title in the appellee.

J. A. Reid died in Conecuh County, Alabama, in 1934, leaving surviving him Martha Jane Reid, his widow, and several adult children, but no minor child or children. He owned at the time of his death 120 acres of land in Conecuh…