Legal Opinion
Harmon v. Peery
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChichester, J.
Dorkis Harmon, widow of H. Harmon, filed her bill in the Circuit Court of Smyth county against Thos. E. Peery, at the first January rules, 1922, in which she prayed that dower be assigned her in a 201 acre tract of land of which her husband had been seized during coverture, but which had been sold by decree of the Circuit Court of Wythe county during the lifetime of H. Harmon to satisfy his debts. The sale was made through a special commissioner of the court and was conveyed to George V. Kelly, and was subsequently purchased by defendant in error, Thos. E. Peery. Neither H. Harmon nor his…
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