Hynes v. Underwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Probate Court. Heard before Hon. J. P. Stiles.. Application by Will Hynes to the probate court to set aside a decree granting homestead in which Paralee Underwood and others filed protest and contest. From a decree declining to vacate the judgment petitioners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
This opinion was prepared for the court by
Mr. Justice de Graeebnried :
1. On the 18th day of June, 1908, letters of administration were regularly issued by the probate court of Jefferson county to Robert J. Wheeler upon the estate of Felix Hynes, deceased. On the 7th day of July, 1909, one Josephine Hynes, claiming to be the widow of said Felix Hynes, filed her petition in the probate court of said county, praying that certain real estate be set apart to her as a homestead. The petition alleges that no letters of administration had been granted upon the estate of said Felix Hynes, and that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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