Hurst v. Dulaney
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of the circuit court of Northumberland county, rendered April 1st, 1889, in a cause wherein the appellant, Athalia Hurst, widow of James Hurst, deceased, was complainant, and It. H. Dulaney was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The principal question in the case is whether the appellant, who is the widow of James Hurst, deceased, is entitled to dower in the tract of land, known as “Bluff Point,” in the bill and proceedings mentioned. The facts are these:
*445On the 1st day of January, 1861, the land was sold and conveyed by James L. Haynie to Hurst, who, on the same day, executed a deed of trust thereon to secure the unpaid purchase-money to William H. Haynie, the assignee of the vendor. In 1872, Hurst was adjudged a bankrupt, and in the course of the bankruptcy proceedings,…
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