Brown v. Brown

Walker, Chancellor.

In substance, the bill of complaint prays that the wife’s inchoate right of dower in the lands described in the bill of complaint, held in trust for her husband, be protected. The facts admitted on this motion are: That Harry F. Brown, the husband of the complainant, purchased the lands; that he paid the purchase-money; that he fraudulently for the purpose of depriving his wife of her dower interest, caused the lands to be *41conveyed to his brother, Oliver, who now holds the same in trust—an equitable estate in fee—for him; the implication that the lands may be conveyed by…