Dixon v. Aldrich

The question presented by this record is this: Can a widow secure the five hundred dollars allowed her by statute where the property of her deceased husband is held under a levy made by the sheriff before the husband’s death ?

This question must be answered in the affirmative. The levy did not change the title to the property, that still remained in the husband. He was the owner notwithstanding the levy, and he might have successfully claimed an amount equal in value to six hundred dollars as exempt from execution. He had not parted with the title, nor surrendered ownership, so that the…