Danley v. Danley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from, Pulaski Chancery Court. Hon. Hulrert F. Fairchild, Chancellor. A feme covet is entitled to dower in an equity of redemption. 6 John. 290; 7 lb. 278; 15 lb; 319; 15 Mass. 278. Limitation is no bar to a claim of dower. 10 Yerger 340 ; 2 G. <$■ John. 468; 4 N. Ramp. 108; 4 Mass. 388; 6 Conn. 462; 2 lb. 126. The right of dower could not be destroyed by a tax sale. 10 Ohio 157; Wright’s Ohio Rep. 273. The equity out of which the statute gives dower must be a perfect…
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Appeal from, Pulaski Chancery Court. Hon. Hulrert F. Fairchild, Chancellor. A feme covet is entitled to dower in an equity of redemption. 6 John. 290; 7 lb. 278; 15 lb; 319; 15 Mass. 278. Limitation is no bar to a claim of dower. 10 Yerger 340 ; 2 G. <$■ John. 468; 4 N. Ramp. 108; 4 Mass. 388; 6 Conn. 462; 2 lb. 126. The right of dower could not be destroyed by a tax sale. 10 Ohio 157; Wright’s Ohio Rep. 273. The equity out of which the statute gives dower must be a perfect equity. Craib vs. Pratt, 15 Ala. 843. An heir may claim an estate paramount to his ancestor, and to such claim the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. Thomas Johnson, Special Judge.
This was a suit instituted on the chancery side of the Pulaski circuit court, by Mary Ann Danley against James M. Danley and others, and afterwards transferred to the chancery court of the same county, under the authority of law. She alleges in her bill, that about the 22d day of January, A. D. 1843, she was married to James Danley of the county of Pulaski, and lived with him as his wife until he died, which was about the 16th of March, 1844; that at the time of her marriage, or afterwards, the said James in his life time, was seized and possessed of an…
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