Howton v. Howton

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered in the Probate Court of Jefferson County (Bessemer Division), sustaining exceptions to the report of commissioners setting aside real estate to appellant, a widow, as homestead exemptions.

A. G. Howton departed this life on April 26, 1945, and left surviving him a widow, Mrs. Rosie Lee Howton, who is the appellant here, three sons, and three daughters, all over the age of 21 years.

On July 26, 1945, the widow under and by virtue of the provisions of section 694 et seq., title 7, Code of 1940, filed her petition in the Probate Court of…