Osborne v. Horine
Illinois Supreme Court
The opinion of the court furnishes a statement of the case. The decree complained of was rendered at September term, 1855, of the Monroe Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
This was a petition filed for the assignment of dower. The answer admits the facts set up in the petition, showing the right to the dower claimed, and sets up as new matter by way of defence a release of the dower by the dowress. Upon the hearing, the petition was dismissed at the complainant’s cost, upon which the case is brought to this court for review. The record presents no evidence of this release. By Section 19, Chapter 34. R. S., this question was expressly required to be filed on the chancery side of the court, and it must be governed by the rules of evidence and practice…
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