Given v. Marr
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The parties agreed upon a statement of facts. “ This is an action of dower, and it is agreed, that the demand-ant was lawfully married to John Given, before 1819, and that the demand of dower was duly made on the 25th of January, 1845, as stated in plaintiff’s writ, and that the facts, contained in the case of said Marr, against said Given, reported in the - 23d vol. of Maine Reports, page 55, may be considered and used as evidence in this action by either party, so far as…
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The parties agreed upon a statement of facts. “ This is an action of dower, and it is agreed, that the demand-ant was lawfully married to John Given, before 1819, and that the demand of dower was duly made on the 25th of January, 1845, as stated in plaintiff’s writ, and that the facts, contained in the case of said Marr, against said Given, reported in the - 23d vol. of Maine Reports, page 55, may be considered and used as evidence in this action by either party, so far as the same is legally admissible. And it is further agreed, that a divorce from the bonds of matrimony was granted and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was prepared by
Tenney J.
The parties agree, that the demandant was
legally married to John Given prior to the year 1819; that in May, 1842, she was divorced from the bonds of matrimony, for the cause of desertion of the husband, on her application ; and that before the commencement of this action, a demand to have dower assigned in the premises was seasonably made. The farm in which dower is claimed, was “ taken up and settled by one Hobbs, thirty-five years ago, and he sold his right to John Given for the sum of $300, who never paid it till he ■left the State in 1821 ;…
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