Thayer v. Thayer
Supreme Court of Vermont
This case came to this court by appeal from the decree of the court of chaucery for this county, at its September term, 1841, assigning to the matrix dower in the real estate of her late husband, and ordering the defendants to pay her, by the time in said decree limited, a certain sum to make up, with what she had received, one third of the value of the personal estate left by her said husband, after payment of his debts and funeral expenses.
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This case came to this court by appeal from the decree of the court of chaucery for this county, at its September term, 1841, assigning to the matrix dower in the real estate of her late husband, and ordering the defendants to pay her, by the time in said decree limited, a certain sum to make up, with what she had received, one third of the value of the personal estate left by her said husband, after payment of his debts and funeral expenses. On the hearing in this court, on the biii, answers and testimony, the court found that Amherst Thayer, the husband of the matrix, during his last…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
The question, now presented for the decision of this court, is important in principle, and deeply involves the well-being of, at least, a portion of the community. It is due to the counsel in the cause, that we should say that our investigations have been in no small degree facilitated by their industry, and the ability with which it has been argued.
Though the court are not unanimous in their views, yet a majority of the judges concur in affirming the decree of the chancellor.
What shall be the effect of the conveyance in question upon the…
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