Rea v. Rea
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo. (Mills, J.) Ejectment by divorced woman for unássigned dower. Defendants bring error. The facts are .stated in the opinion, and in Rea v. Rea, 53 Mich. 40. Alimony having been granted plaintiff, payable out of defendant’s estate, and made a lien thereon (Rea v Rea, 53 Mich. 40), dower is barred: Tatro v. Tatro, 18 Neb. 395; Stewart v. Stewart, 43 Ga. 294. The necessary result of a verdict in ejectment must determine that while. the plaintiff is in…
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Error to Kalamazoo. (Mills, J.) Ejectment by divorced woman for unássigned dower. Defendants bring error. The facts are .stated in the opinion, and in Rea v. Rea, 53 Mich. 40. Alimony having been granted plaintiff, payable out of defendant’s estate, and made a lien thereon (Rea v Rea, 53 Mich. 40), dower is barred: Tatro v. Tatro, 18 Neb. 395; Stewart v. Stewart, 43 Ga. 294. The necessary result of a verdict in ejectment must determine that while. the plaintiff is in possession she cannot recover in that form of action, and the case is not taken out of the ordinary rule because it involves a…
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against John Eea, the owner, and the other defendants as his tenants, of the premises in controversy.
John Rea and Jane Rea were formerly husband and wife. They were divorced by a decree of this Court on the tenth day of October, 1884, on appeal from the circuit court for the county of Kalamazoo in chancery, upon a bill filed by the said Jane Rea, alleging extreme cruelty and neglect to support on the part of her husband, John Rea.
This suit is brought under the statute for her dower in the premises by reason of the statute which provides…
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- Graham v. DuniganThe Superior Court of New York City · 1858
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