Bonds, notes, accounts, and evidences of debt

If any person shall die leaving a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall be allowed to take the same dower or curtesy in the bonds, bills, notes, books, accounts, and evidences of debt as the surviving spouse would be entitled to take out of the personal property or cash on hand of the deceased spouse. Acts 1859, No. 231, § 1, p. 299; 1867, No. 116, § 1, p. 277; C. & M. Dig., § 3535; Pope's Dig., § 4420; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 20; A.S.A. 1947, § 61-203. If any person shall die leaving a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall be allowed to take the same dower or curtesy in the bonds, bills, notes, books, accounts, and evidences of debt as the surviving spouse would be entitled to take out of the personal property or cash on hand of the deceased spouse. Acts 1859, No. 231, § 1, p. 299; 1867, No. 116, § 1, p. 277; C. & M. Dig., § 3535; Pope's Dig., § 4420; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 20; A.S.A. 1947, § 61-203.