Simpson v. Coons

Opinión by

Judge Hines:

The question is whether Mrs. Amanda Coons has any dower interest in the land purchased by appellant.

A joint answer and cross-petition of Amanda' Coons and her husband, J. A. Coons, appears in the record, sworn to by J. A. Coons. Among the allegations of the answer and cross-petition is the following : “Defendants state that said Amanda Coons is the owner of four-ninths of said tract of land, having paid four-ninths of the purchase-money therefor, and she is willing that said land be sold by judgment of the court, but she asks that four-ninths of the proceeds of the sale…