Realty Purchase Corp. v. Hall

This was an action to recover the possession of land alleged to be wrongfully withheld by defendant. Plaintiff derived its title from a deed executed by V. S. Bryant, trustee, pursuant to the foreclosure of a deed of trust conveying the land, which had been executed by W. Gr. Hall and the defendant in 1928. The facts relating to plaintiff’s title are not controverted, but the defendant, now the widow of ~W. G. Hall, who died in 1933, subsequent to the execution of the deed of trust, claims she is entitled to dower in the land.

Can a married woman who joins with her husband in the conveyance of…