Dick v. Doughten
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill in Equity eor the assignment of dower.—The case made by this bill was as follows: James Dick, deceased, the husband of the complainant, was in his lifetime seised in fee simple of a certain tract of land, situate in Hew Castle county. About the 21st, of April 1803, he sold and conveyed the same to David L. Reece, the complainant being before and at the time of the sale and conveyance the lawful wife of the grantor, the said James Dick.
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Bill in Equity eor the assignment of dower.—The case made by this bill was as follows: James Dick, deceased, the husband of the complainant, was in his lifetime seised in fee simple of a certain tract of land, situate in Hew Castle county. About the 21st, of April 1803, he sold and conveyed the same to David L. Reece, the complainant being before and at the time of the sale and conveyance the lawful wife of the grantor, the said James Dick. The bill alleged that the complainant had not at any time released her dower in said land or barred herself thereof by any act or deed whatever. The.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ridgely, Chancellor.
It is now for the first time objected in argument for the defendants, that William Doughten, was a purchaser without notice, for a valuable consideration. Had exceptions been taken to the answer it might have been doubted whether it was sufficient. After deducing the title from James Dick to Amasa Smith, it is then stated that “ the said Amasa Smith, by a certain “ deed of bargain and sale, duly executed by the said “ Amasa Smith and Lucretia his wife, bearing date the “ twenty first day of March, in the year of our Lord, one “ thousand eight hundred and fourteen, sold and…
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