Stephens v. Stephens

'McAMIS, J.

This case presents a contest between the surviving second wife of H. C. Stephens and four daughters of that marriage, complainants herein, and the defendants below, children of a former marriage. Rebecca Stephens, the widow, seeks to establish homestead and dower rights and the four daughters to establish their rights as pretermitted children of H. C. Stephens, deceased.

The Chancellor held that the widow had waived her homestead rights but was entitled to dower in the proceeds of realty to be sold for partition. The other complainants, daughters of the second marriage, were held…