Reed v. Reed

Appellee filed her amended bill seeking to establish her right to the possession and occupancy of the homestead of her deceased husband, of which she alleged she was being wrongfully deprived by the defendants. Her right was asserted under Section 478, Code 1942, which reads as follows: “Where a decedent leaves a widow to whom, with.others, his exempt property, real and personal, descends, the same shall not be subject to partition or sale for partition during her widowhood, as long as it is occupied or used by the widow, unless she consent. ’ ’

Appellants demurred to the bill, and the…