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SKIPWORTH v. SKIPWORTH

78-767.

383 So.2d 524 (1980)

Clarence SKIPWORTH, Parnell Skipworth, Elsie Gossett and Eva Joseph v. Mary Burke SKIPWORTH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noble J. Russell and Robert Straub, Decatur, for appellants.

Kenneth Shelton, Decatur, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

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...

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