Chandler v. Jost
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Jno. P. Hubbard. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The title of Mrs. Jost to the lands in controversy accrued to her during coverture with her present husband, Frederick Jost. It was conveyed directly to her by deed bearing date December 15, 1880, containing no words excluding her husband’s marital rights. The title not coming from her husband-to her, it follows that whatever interest she takes is her statutory separate estate. — ■ Code of 1876, § 2705. But' the deed does not convey the entire estate to her. The habendum clause, and the power therewith connected, are in the following language: “ To *412have and to hold to her for the joint use…
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