Worthy v. Walton

KNIGHT, Justice.

Bill by Ruby Jean Walton, minor, suing by her next friend, to have exemptions, in lieu of homestead, set aside to her out of the real estate owned by her mother at the time of the latter’s death.

It appears from allegations of the bill that Pauline Worthy departed this life at Alexander City, Ala., on February 4, 1935, intestate, and that she left surviving a husband, the respondent, Jather Worthy, and the complainant, who was a child by a former marriage. The complainant is the sole heir at law of the said decedent.

It appears from the bill that the decedent had no homestead at…