Wells v. Seixas

This is an action for dower. The plaintiff, on the twenty-third of March, 1870, united .with her husband in conveying the property, which is the subject of -this suit, by full covenant warranty deed. She was then an infant. Her husband died in July or August, 1872. At the time of his death she was living at Laporte, Indiana. In September, 1872, she became of age. In the fall of 1883, 11 years after attaining her majority, she disaffirmed the deed. The case was tried at the April circuit, 1885. At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict upon the *83ground,…