Sewall v. Lee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Dower, in which the parties, at October term, 1809, agreed to submit the action to the determination of the Court, upon the following facts stated, viz.: — “ The demandant, and her late husband, Jonathan Sewall, Esq., were born in the province of Massachusetts Bay, before the American revolution, and were lawfully married.
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Dower, in which the parties, at October term, 1809, agreed to submit the action to the determination of the Court, upon the following facts stated, viz.: — “ The demandant, and her late husband, Jonathan Sewall, Esq., were born in the province of Massachusetts Bay, before the American revolution, and were lawfully married. During their intermarriage, before and until the commencement of the American revolution, the said Jonathan Sewall was seised in fee of the premises described in the demandant’s writ. At the commencement of the said revolution, he and the demandant, his wife, left the then…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The demandant has, in this action, demanded her reasonáble dower in certain lands and tenements described in her writ, of which the said Lee is tenant of the freehold, and of which her late husband, Jonathan Sewall, was, during the coverture, seised in fee simple ; and in her count she has made all the averments necessary to entitle herself to dower, unless those averments are legally avoided.
The tenant pleaded below in chief to the action, on which he had judgment. On the appeal, the parties have submitted the action to the opinion of the Court, upon a case stated.
In the case, the marriage,…
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