Davis v. Bartholomew

This was a-bill in chancery filed on the 29th of November, 1849, by Rebecca Bartholomew against James Davis and others. The object of the bill was to obtain dower in a certain lot of ground in Lafayette, The bill was demurred to and the demurrer overruled. The defendants having refused to answer, the bill was taken as confessed, and a decree rendered, giving to the complainant dower in said lot. Commissioners were appointed to assign the dower.

The material facts stated in the bill are as follows:

On the 13th of October, 1829, one John Stockton, being-seized in fee of a certain tract of land in…