Mason v. Mason
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe dower. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who ruled that the demandant was entitled to her dower; directed the jury to return a verdict accordingly; and reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The demandant, by her deed, made in her husband’s lifetime, undertook to convey to Herbert N. Mason, a son of her husband and one of the devisees under his will subsequently made, all right, title, and interest which she then had or might thereafter have in her husband’s estate, expressly referring to her right of dower therein. It is the contention of the tenants, that, under the present existing right of married women to hold, manage, and dispose of their separate property in the same manner as if they were sole, the demandant is now estopped from making demand for dower, or from asserting…
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