Boyd v. . Redd
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotion, tried before Norwood, J., at Spring Term, 1896, of RocKINGhah Superior Court. Tbis action was brought by Mrs. Belle Richardson Boyd, widow of A. J. Royd, deceased, against the administrator of said Boyd, ■deceased, to recover judgment for various sums of money belonging to her and received by her husband, and against the heirs and devisees of her husband, to have them declared trustees for her as to 109 acres of land in the town of Reids-ville, the complaint…
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Civil aotion, tried before Norwood, J., at Spring Term, 1896, of RocKINGhah Superior Court. Tbis action was brought by Mrs. Belle Richardson Boyd, widow of A. J. Royd, deceased, against the administrator of said Boyd, ■deceased, to recover judgment for various sums of money belonging to her and received by her husband, and against the heirs and devisees of her husband, to have them declared trustees for her as to 109 acres of land in the town of Reids-ville, the complaint alleging that, out of a specified sum ■of money collected for her by her late husband, he invested the larger portion in…
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J.:
A widow is entitled to dower in one-third of' the legal or equitable estate in lands of which her husband was seized in fee at any time during coverture, (The Oode,. Section 2103,) and the husband is generally deemed seized of any land “ when he may have had any right, title or-interest in the inheritance.” The Oode, Sec. 1281 (12). Where no agreement is made between the widow and the. heirs or devisees, the statute requires that she shall institute a special proceeding and that the heirs and devisees, and other persons in possession of or claiming estates in lands out of which she…
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