Legal Opinion
Shelton v. Shelton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 22, 1954No. 16895PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether in proceedings for the condemnation of real property under the right of eminent domain, the inchoate right of dower of a wife is to be recognized and protected in the proceeds as against her husband. The Court below answered in the negative. The wife, Janie S. Shelton, has appealed.
No case from this jurisdiction has been cited, and our own research has disclosed none, expressly deciding the foregoing question. The overwhelming weight of authority elsewhere is to the effect that the inchoate right of dower is not such an…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Venable v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Flynn v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Briegel v. BriegelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Haig v. Wateree Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
- Matter of City of New York (Cropsey Ave.)New York Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Winston-Salem v. YarbroughCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
- Dep't of Transp. v. Fernwood Hill TownhomeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
- United States v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- United States v. State of ScSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- Dal Brun v. City of West Palm BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
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