Weaver v. Sturtevant
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Appeal from the Probate Court of Middletown. Heard by the court on an agreed statement of facts. Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 218, contains the following provisions: “ Section 17. Any Court of Probate in this state which shall have granted letters of administration, or letters testamentary on the estate of any deceased person, shall have power, upon the application of the widow of the deceased, to cause the dower of such widow to be assigned and set off to her in all or any of the…
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Middletown. Heard by the court on an agreed statement of facts. Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 218, contains the following provisions: “ Section 17. Any Court of Probate in this state which shall have granted letters of administration, or letters testamentary on the estate of any deceased person, shall have power, upon the application of the widow of the deceased, to cause the dower of such widow to be assigned and set off to her in all or any of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, lying within the State, which belonged to the deceased during his intermarriage,…
1Opinion of the Court
Providence,
Durfee, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree of tbe Court of Probate of'Middletown, appointing commissioners to set off dower, by metes and bounds, to Sarah A. Weaver, formerly Sarah A. Taggart, widow of the late William Taggart, in his estate. The decree was made in pursuance of an application of said Sarah, preferred to the Court of Probate under Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 218, §§ 17, 18. The appellant contends that the decree ought to be set aside because, first, the court had no jurisdiction ; and, second, said Sarah, previous to her application, had given a lease for her life of…
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