Roush v. Miller
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 28 Atl. Rep. 81; Code, c. 65, s. 3; 4 Kent. Comm. 39; 4 Leigh 30; 12 Leigh 264; 2 Rob. 384; 29 Gratt. 99; 31 Gratt. 791; 79 Ya. 504; 78 Ya. 88; 87 Ya. 444; 55 la. 244; 20 Ill. 53 ; 14 Mass. 351; 85 H. C. 456; 9 Ohio St. 331; 13 Ohio 148; 38 Md. 270. cited 11 Gratt. 441; 19 W. Ya. 179; Rob. El. Law § 92.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge :
The question involved is: Is plaintiff, Mrs. Mina E. Roush, widow of Peter E. Roush, deceased, entitled to dower in the ti-act of land of fifty seven acres bought by Roush at a judicial sale and conveyed to him by H. R. Howard, special commissioner? The Circuit Court of Mason by décree entered on the 20th day of February, 1894, held her to be entitled to dower and ordered it to be set apart to her, and from this defendant Miller obtained this appeal.
The facts out of which the point of law involved must arise are as follows: On the 13th day of October, 1888, II. R. Howard, as…
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