Hines Estate

Satterthwaite, P. J.,

This litigation is concerned with alleged rights of statutory dower asserted by one who claims to be decedent’s widow, with respect to certain real estate conveyed by decedent in his lifetime without her joinder. This realty is presently held by the devisee under the will of the surviving grantee of such inter vivos deed of conveyance from decedent. The proceedings have been marked with uncertainty, ambiguity and resulting undue delay, but now appear to be finally ripe for ultimate decision on the merits.

At the outset, a problem of the jurisdiction of this court over the…