Jarrell v. French
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Raleigh county. Bill by Frances Jarrell against G. ID. French and others for an assignment of dower, or a gross sum in lieu of dower. From a judgment for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MoWhokter, Judge :
Augustus Pack, of Boone county, died in November, 1884, seised of various tracts of land in Boone, Raleigh, and other counties of this State, in which his widow, Frances Pack, who has since intermarried with Leftwich Jarrell, was entitled to dower. Pack was largely involved in debt. Prior to his death, J. P. Underwood’s executor instituted a suit in Raleigh County circuit court to subject tliedands of said Pack in said county to the payment of the liens thereon; said lands consisting of two tracts of live thousand, six hundred and six, and twenty-four acres, respectively.…
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