SIMS v. COX

1911263.

611 So.2d 339 (1992)

Spencer SIMS v. Gracie Joan COX and Farris Lee Cox.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Justice, Columbiana, for appellant.

Joseph E. Walden of Walden & Walden Attorneys, Alabaster, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether a husband, who held a joint interest with his wife in homestead property with right of survivorship, could make a conveyance of his interest during the lifetime of his wife without the wife's signature and assent. We hold that the law of Alabama, under the facts of this case, declares such a conveyance void in its entirety, even as to any excess in the value of the property over the homestead exemption value...

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