Randolph v. Doss
Mississippi Supreme Court
APPEAL from the probate court'of Warren county. The appellees filed their petition in the probate court of Warren county, on the 26th day of March, 1838, praying an assignment of dower, in certain land and tenements particularly described therein.
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APPEAL from the probate court'of Warren county. The appellees filed their petition in the probate court of Warren county, on the 26th day of March, 1838, praying an assignment of dower, in certain land and tenements particularly described therein. They state that Sylvia C., one of the petitioners, was the widow of a certain Hartwell Vick, deceased, who was seised and possessed of the lands described during his coverture with the said Sylvia C., and that since his decease, she has intermarried with William C. Doss, the appellee. At- the time of filing the petition, an order of publication of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trotter
There are some preliminary objections urged in this case which we will notice before proceeding to consider the principal errors assigned. The first of these is the want of jurisdiction in the court below to adjudicate this cause. To this it may be answered, that the constitution as well as the laws of this state, confer, by express - enactment, general powers in' cases of dower upon the probate courts of this state. These ■ powers are not restricted by the relation of the parties to the suit, and it is totally immatérial whether the contest for dower be between the widow and heir, or the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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