RANSOM v. RANSOM

80-137.

401 So.2d 746 (1981)

Morris RANSOM, et al. v. Jessie Lee RANSOM.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Smith and W. Donald Morgan, Jr., of Smith, Smith & Morgan, Phenix City, for appellants.

Larry W. Roney, Phenix City, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is a constitutional attack, on equal protection and due process (gender-based) grounds, of the "old" Homestead Act (Title 7, § 663, Code 1940, the forerunner of § 6-10-62, Code 1975, which latter statute substituted "spouse" for "widow").

James Ransom, a resident of Russell County, Alabama, died intestate on October 7, 1972. He left surviving him a widow, Jessie Lee Ransom, the appellee. Mr. Ransom had no children and his...

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