McCroan v. Pope

Citations

• 17 Ala. 612

Syllabus

<p>1. A bequest, by which property is given to a trustee, on the trust, that he shall employ it in such manner as may be most beneficial to M. M., a married woman, and annually pay over to her the net profits thereof for the sole and separate use and maintenance of her and her children, during her natural life, and that at her death the property shall be equally divided among such of her children as may be then living, vests the entire life estate in M. M. alone. The words, for the sole and separate use and maintenance of her and her children, do not manifest an intention to limit the quantity of the legacy, but merely show the motive of the bequest.</p> <p>2. A feme covert has the same control over her separate estate as she would have if she were sole, and may by deed convey such interest as she herself possesses.</p>