Skipworth v. Skipworth

This appeal involves an application of Alabama's homestead laws.

The trial court, interpreting Alabama's homestead law, set aside to decedent's common-law wife [Skipworth v. Skipworth,360 So.2d 975 (Ala. 1978)] a piece of property which was less than 160 acres in area, but was valued at more than $6,000. The trial court found that the property, a city lot on which were located improvements, was not the decedent's homestead; nevertheless, the trial judge set aside, in fee, the entire property to the surviving widow. The collateral heirs of the decedent, appellants here, claim that the trial…