Seaton v. Jamison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Westmoreland county. Elizabeth Jamison against James Seaton, Ephraim Robinson and Andrew Galbraith. This was an action of dower unde nihil hahet, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error. William Jamison, the husband of the said Elizabeth, died seised of the land in question before the year 1800. His son Thomas Jamison entered on the land, and on the 13th of June 1816 sold and conveyed to Hugh Deever.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Westmoreland county. Elizabeth Jamison against James Seaton, Ephraim Robinson and Andrew Galbraith. This was an action of dower unde nihil hahet, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error. William Jamison, the husband of the said Elizabeth, died seised of the land in question before the year 1800. His son Thomas Jamison entered on the land, and on the 13th of June 1816 sold and conveyed to Hugh Deever. Hugh Deever entered, and on the 31st of January 1818 sold to Alexander Seaton ; who entered and remained in possession and resided on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
Two errors have been assigned : the first, that damages have been assessed and allowed against the plaintiffs in error, who were the defendants below, including the annual value or profits of the land during the occupancy of former tenants long since dead.
At common law damages were not recoverable by the widow in an *535action brought for the recovery of her dowry: she recovered merely one-third of the land whereof her husband died seised, which was laid off to her by metes and bounds. The delay attending the recovery frequently occasioned…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lyle v. RichardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1823
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