Shackelford v. Washburn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. John M. Chilton, Special Judge. Bill by Thomas Gilchrist Shackelford and others against B. M. Washburn and others, to declare a will revoked and to let in complainants to share in the estate conveyed by the will. From a decree sustaining-demurrers to the bill complainants appeal. The will in question does not meet the requirements of the statute. — 8 Adol & E., 60; 7 A. & E. Anno.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. John M. Chilton, Special Judge. Bill by Thomas Gilchrist Shackelford and others against B. M. Washburn and others, to declare a will revoked and to let in complainants to share in the estate conveyed by the will. From a decree sustaining-demurrers to the bill complainants appeal. The will in question does not meet the requirements of the statute. — 8 Adol & E., 60; 7 A. & E. Anno. Cases, 788; Baldwin v. Spriggs, 5 Atl. 295; Gay v. Gay, 84 Ala. 238; Rhodes v. Weldy, 20 N. E. 461; 73 N. W., 155; 26 Amer. Reps., 159; McGullom v. Mc-¡ Kensie,…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
Appellants filed their bill of complaint against B. M. Washburn and others, shoAving the following facts: In 1868 Annie F. Washburn, a young married woman, then Avithout children, executed her AAÚ11 containing this provision: “I give to my husband, Benjamin M. Washburn, all the property I may OAvn or be entitled to at my death, notwithstanding I may have a child or children living at my death, to be disposed of by him as he may desire. 1 hereby appoint him sole executor.” (Italics ours.) The testatrix died in 1880, in Avhich year the Avill Avas duly probated in *170Montgomery county. In the…
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