Null v. Howell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. James Y. Howell, Jr., was seized of an estate of inheritance in the undivided one-half of said land, during his marriage with Isabella, subject to the dower of his mother, Louisa, and under section 4546, Revised Statutes, 1889, page 1039, he was entitled to the immediate possession of two-thirds of the one-half of said land, and could have moved at any time before his death; and obtained possession of two-thirds…
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. James Y. Howell, Jr., was seized of an estate of inheritance in the undivided one-half of said land, during his marriage with Isabella, subject to the dower of his mother, Louisa, and under section 4546, Revised Statutes, 1889, page 1039, he was entitled to the immediate possession of two-thirds of the one-half of said land, and could have moved at any time before his death; and obtained possession of two-thirds of the one-half of said land, under said section 4546, and his failure to avail himself of the right he had to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
Action for assignment of dower in certain lands in Lincoln county and for damages. Answer, general denial and statutes of limitation.
On the trial it was agreed that J ames Y. Howell, Sr., died in 1861 seized in fee of the lands in dispute, and in the actual possession thereof, leaving his widow Louisa Howell and two children, James Y. Howell, Jr., ■and defendant, J. W. Howell, surviving him. The widow and children continued the occupancy of this land and the residence thereon after the death of the husband and father. Dower was never assigned to the widow. In March, 1876, James Y. Howell,…
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