Farabow v. . Perry

Lucy Hardy, widow of Fred Hardy, remained in possession of the lands of which her husband died seized and possessed, and in which lands she was entitled to dower, but which dower was never set apart to her. While she was in possession, as the widow of Fred Hardy, she executed a mortgage deed on the premises, defaulted in the payment thereof, and at the foreclosure sale became the purchaser of the property. Does the deed from her mortgagees to her constitute color of title?

In our opinion a widow, while in possession of the lands of which her husband died seized and possessed, and in which…