Pritts v. Ritchey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of JPranMin county. This was an action of dower unde nihil habet by Nancy Pritts against Atchison Ritchey, in which the jury found the following special verdict; upon which they pray the court to enter judgment for the plaintiff, if in law she' is entitled to recover, in whole or in part, otherwise for the defendant:— They find that John McKnight and wife, of Philadelphia, sold, by written articles of agreement, dated 30th of May, 1845, to Joseph…
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Error to the Common Pleas of JPranMin county. This was an action of dower unde nihil habet by Nancy Pritts against Atchison Ritchey, in which the jury found the following special verdict; upon which they pray the court to enter judgment for the plaintiff, if in law she' is entitled to recover, in whole or in part, otherwise for the defendant:— They find that John McKnight and wife, of Philadelphia, sold, by written articles of agreement, dated 30th of May, 1845, to Joseph Pritts, a tract of land situated in Franklin county, containing 212 acres, for the consideration of $10,625.81, Avhich…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, J.
When we notice that this claimant’s husband was insolvent when he transferred his inchoate title to this land to Ritchey, and that, by that transfer, he was relieved from a judgment-debt then pressing for the sale of his title; and that he had, at the time of his transfer, paid less than one-sixth of the purchase-money ; it is very plain that the plaintiff’s demand to bave one-third of the land set off to her for life, is without any moral basis.
Her claim is for common law, not statutory dower; and we shall confine our remarks to the…
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- Van Dyne v. ThayreNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Popkin v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
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