Gammon v. Freeman
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Dower. The marriage of the plaintiff and a demand by her of tbe dower were admitted. Whether the husband had such a seizin, as to entitle the plaintiff to dower, was the point in controversy. She introduced a deed of the land from John Reed to her husband. The defendant offered to prove, and it is agreed that, if the evidence be admissible, he can prove the following facts.
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Dower. The marriage of the plaintiff and a demand by her of tbe dower were admitted. Whether the husband had such a seizin, as to entitle the plaintiff to dower, was the point in controversy. She introduced a deed of the land from John Reed to her husband. The defendant offered to prove, and it is agreed that, if the evidence be admissible, he can prove the following facts. Gammon, the plaintiff’s husband, had given - his notes to Underwood and Greenough, for which they had given a bond to convey to him certain lands in the county of Somerset. It was afterwards agreed by all the parties, that…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, C. J.
The demandant claims dower in a farm formerly owned by John Reed. Her late husband, Enoch Gammon, was indebted to Underwood and Greenough for lands, which he had agreed to purchase of them. He appears to have made a bargain to sell three thousand acres of those lands to Reed, to be paid for by a conveyance of his farm. To enable Gammon to obtain a conveyance from Underwood and Greenough to Reed, it was agreed, that his farm should be conveyed to Gammon and be by him conveyed in mortgage to Underwood and Greenough. These conveyances were accordingly made and delivered at the same time, but the…
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