Vito v. Bonart

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This case presents a question of construction of the statutes affecting dower and similar rights in the District of Columbia. The action is brought for a declaratory judgment and is now before this Court on cross motions for summary judgment.

The plaintiff is a married man whose wife was declared mentally incompetent. Subsequently to this adjudication he purchased certain real property and now seeks to convey it without his wife joining in the deed. He seeks a declaration that under the applicable statutes he is legally entitled to convey the property free of any…