Rowe v. Johnson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Whitman C. J.

It is suggested that the plaintiff has deceased ; and a motion is made, that judgment should be entered as of a term anterior to her decease. This, we think, cannot be done. This is an action of dower, in which it is claimed that dower should be assigned, and that damages should be recovered for the detention of it. No dower can be now assigned ; but it is contended that damages for the detention of it may, still, be recovered by entering judgment nunc pro tunc. The recovery of damages in an action of dower, without the recovery of dower…