Mahoney v. Young

Judj~e Ew1N~

d~1ivered the. Opinion of the Court.

Mahoney, being the owner of a house and lot in Shelby*ville, conveyed the same to Frederick Young, in exchange for one hundred an,d seventy nine acres of land, in Jefferson, for which Young executed his bond to Mahoney for a conveyance. Young, in his lifetime, sold and conveyed away the house and lot in Shelbyville, and his wife relinquished her right of dower in the same.

After the death of Young, Mrs. Young filed her bill against Mahoney, for dower in the one hundred and seventy nine acre tract, .and for rents , since the death of her husband.

It…