Rights of surviving spouse when dower or curtesy land alienated by heir

If the heir alienates lands of which a surviving spouse is entitled to dower or curtesy, he or she shall still be decreed his curtesy or her dower in the lands so alienated, in whosesoever hands the land may be. Rev. Stat., ch. 52, § 49; C. & M. Dig., § 3558; Pope's Dig., § 4444; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 61; A.S.A. 1947, § 62-719. If the heir alienates lands of which a surviving spouse is entitled to dower or curtesy, he or she shall still be decreed his curtesy or her dower in the lands so alienated, in whosesoever hands the land may be. Rev. Stat., ch. 52, § 49; C. & M. Dig., § 3558; Pope's Dig., § 4444; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 61; A.S.A. 1947, § 62-719.