Legal Opinion

Hilton v. Sloan

Utah Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1910No. 2055PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. O. W. 'Morse, Judge. Separate actions by Annie F. A. Hilton against Eobert W. Sloan and others; against Adolph M. Anderson and .others; against Everard Bierer, Jr., and others; against Fred Stauffer and others; against Nellie 1VL Blair and others; against Salt Lake City; against Mae C. Beamer and others; and against Elizabeth Goeghegan and others. Judgment for plaintiff in each case. Defendants appeal.

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Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. O. W. 'Morse, Judge. Separate actions by Annie F. A. Hilton against Eobert W. Sloan and others; against Adolph M. Anderson and .others; against Everard Bierer, Jr., and others; against Fred Stauffer and others; against Nellie 1VL Blair and others; against Salt Lake City; against Mae C. Beamer and others; and against Elizabeth Goeghegan and others. Judgment for plaintiff in each case. Defendants appeal. EeVERSED with DIRECTIONS TO ENTER JUDGMENTS QUIETING TITLE IN DEPENDANTS. . See, also, Hilton v. Snyder, 3Y Utah, 384, 108 Pac. 698.

1Opinion of the CourtEeick, J.

The foregoing eight cases were tried together in the district court, are presented to this court in one record, and, as the decision in each one of them substantially depends upon the same state of facts and must be based upon the same legal and equitable principles, we shall, for the purposes of this opinion, treat them all as one ease.

*362Tbe actions were instituted by respondent to recover dower in certain real estate as the surviving widow of one Dr. John It. Park, deceased. The appellants dispute respondent’s right to dower on two grounds: (1) That she is not the widow of said Dr. Park for…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Martin's Heirs v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
  2. Prater v. PraterTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Towles v. . FisherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  4. Hilton v. RoylanceUtah Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Richeson v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Utah State Building Commission Ex Rel. Mountain States Supply Co. v. Great American Indemnity Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1943
  2. BORLAND BY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV. v. ChandlerUtah Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Schneider v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
  4. Hilton v. SnyderUtah Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Petty v. Gindy Manufacturing CorporationUtah Supreme Court · 1965

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