Strother v. Law

The plaintiff in error, as widow of Bolton F. Strother, deceased, claims the right to redeem and to have dower in certain premises described in the bill, which were sold under a mortgage, executed by her and her late husband, to Van H. Higgins. It is not doubted that the mortgage, in its execution and acknowledgment, was sufficient to convey all the right, title and interest of the parties, and to bar their equity of redemption, if the same was legally foreclosed. It was sought to foreclose the mortgage by a sale out of court, under a clause contained therein, conferring an irrevocable power…