Cobb v. Oldfield

Appellant filed her bill for the assignment of dower, in certain lots in Wilson’s Addition to the City of Chicago, as-widow of Zenas Cobb, deceased. The court, on hearing, dismissed the bill. To entitle appellant to recover, the burden was upon her to show that her husband, during coverture, was seized of a legal or an equitable estate of inheritance in the land. This she has failed to do, and hence the court correctly decreed dismissing her bill, unless appellees are estopped by deed from controverting her title.

We recognize the rule of law, so frequently applied in this court, that a party…