GILLIAN v. GILLIAN

SC 2116.

340 So.2d 785 (1976)

Iva Lee F. GILLIAN v. Malcolm H. GILLIAN and Thomas A. Gillian.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Boggs, Clanton, for appellant.

Alvin B. Foshee, Clanton, for appellees.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether an affidavit filed by a nonresident wife is such a "proceeding or suit for dower" under Tit. 34, § 63, so as to constitute a timely claim for dower in lands of the deceased nonresident husband. We answer in the negative and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Appellant-wife and her husband, Townzell Gillian, resided in Utah, where he died February 8, 1960. Since neither lived on the land, located...

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