Richardson v. . Justice
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The plaintiff, widow of Jesse Richardson, dissented from her husband’s will, and filed this Special ProceediNg for dower before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County, which was transferred to Term for trial upon issues raised, and was heard before Brown-, J., at Fall Term, 1899. E. C. Poe, the executor of Jesse Richardson, on his own application was made party-defendant, and interposed the following written agreement under seal, executed by the widow, as a bar to…
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The plaintiff, widow of Jesse Richardson, dissented from her husband’s will, and filed this Special ProceediNg for dower before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County, which was transferred to Term for trial upon issues raised, and was heard before Brown-, J., at Fall Term, 1899. E. C. Poe, the executor of Jesse Richardson, on his own application was made party-defendant, and interposed the following written agreement under seal, executed by the widow, as a bar to her petition for dower1: “Whereas, I, the widow of the late Jesse Richardson, have been and am somewhat dissatisfied…
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, <1.
This was a special proceeding commenced before the Clerk of the Superior Court by the plaintiff against the heirs at law of her deceased husband for the allotment of her dower in his land. On the hearing of the matter in the Superior Court, it appeared that the petitioner, sopiewhat dissatisfied with the provisions of the will of her deceased husband, sis days after his death entered into a contract under seal with E. 0. Poe, the executor named in the will, by which she agreed to accept a proposition made to her by Poe to the effect that she would receive the sum of $728.84 to…
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