Welfare v. . Welfare

This is a special proceeding, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants — other than the defendant creditors — who are the heirs at law of her late husband, who died intestate, to obtain dower in the lands specified in the petition. In the course of the proceeding it was adjudged that the plaintiff was entitled to dower, and an order was entered directing that a jury allot the same according to law.

The jury among other things in their report of allotment, say: "The commissioners in assessing the value and assigning dower to the widow, find a deficiency in the dower assigned to the…