Chrisman v. Linderman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. A widow who remarries does not lose dower in her former husband’s lands. West v. McMullen, 112 Mo. 405; Westmyer v. Grallenkamp, 154 Mo. 28. But does a widow who remarries thereby lose and forfeit dower in lands of her former hnshand which was his homestead, and the only lands he possessed? A widow is endowed with the one-third part of all the lands whereof her hnsband died seized and possessed of an estate of inheritance, and…
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Transferred from Kansas City Court of Appeals. A widow who remarries does not lose dower in her former husband’s lands. West v. McMullen, 112 Mo. 405; Westmyer v. Grallenkamp, 154 Mo. 28. But does a widow who remarries thereby lose and forfeit dower in lands of her former hnshand which was his homestead, and the only lands he possessed? A widow is endowed with the one-third part of all the lands whereof her hnsband died seized and possessed of an estate of inheritance, and the hnsband can sell his homestead subject to his wife’s inchoate right of dower. E. S. 1899, secs. 2933, 2935, 2936;…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
Anthony Wishon • departed this life in Putnam county in 1898, leaving behind him a widow (Thirsey), a homestead and debts, but neither will nor child. The public administrator of said county, one Chrisman, unc[er orders of the probate court, took upon himself the burden of administering upon Wish-on’s estate. The widow remarried — her new yoke-fellow being Menzo House.
Presently thereafter said administrator commenced proceedings to sell the homestead to pay debts, which proceedings ripened into an order of sale, a sale and an approval thereof and an administrator’s deed in 1900 — defendant…
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