Horn v. Horn

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This appeal questions the decree of the Chancery Court made to obtain the dower previously awarded to the wife in a divorce decree. On July 25, 1958 the Pulaski Chancery Court rendered a decree awarding Mrs. Mary Horn (appellee here) a divorce from J. W. Horn (one of the appellants here), and the decree contained this language as to dower and retained jurisdiction:

“The Court further finds that Plaintiff is entitled to the sum of $11,666.66 as a statutory dower settlement of and from the monies of defendant, said sum being one-third of the monies of…