Doe D. Burton v. Wright
Superior Court of Delaware
. This was an action of\ ejectment for fifteen^acres of land in Indian Elver hundred. The defendant, under the consent rule prescribed by statute, confessed lease, entry, ouster and possession at the time the action was commenced, and specified upon the record that she defended the trespass and ejectment complained of, for the one third part of the said premises assigned to her by order of the Orphans’ Court, as and for her dower therein, as the widow of Waltér Wright,…
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. This was an action of\ ejectment for fifteen^acres of land in Indian Elver hundred. The defendant, under the consent rule prescribed by statute, confessed lease, entry, ouster and possession at the time the action was commenced, and specified upon the record that she defended the trespass and ejectment complained of, for the one third part of the said premises assigned to her by order of the Orphans’ Court, as and for her dower therein, as the widow of Waltér Wright, deceased, and pleaded not guilty. The proof was that the premises in dispute consisted of about fifteen acres, with a single…
1Opinion of the Court
This was an action of ejectment for fifteen acres of land in Indian River hundred. The defendant, under the consent rule prescribed by statute, confessed lease, entry, ouster and possession at the time the action was commenced, and specified upon the record that she defended the trespass and ejectment complained of, for the one third part of the said premises assigned to her by order of the Orphans' Court, as and for her dower therein, as the widow of Walter Wright, deceased, and pleaded not guilty.
The proof was that the premises in dispute consisted of about fifteen acres, with a single…
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- Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
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- Jackson ex dem. Clarke v. RandallNew York Supreme Court · 1825
- Hyde v. HydeNew York Supreme Court · 1830