Bridgeford v. Groh Et Ux.

Opinion bv

Mr. Justice Simpson,

After the effective date of the Intestate Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 429, plaintiff’s husband conveyed certain of his real estate by a deed in which she did not join. After his death, she instituted the present action of dower unde nihil habet (whether or not this is thé proper form of action is not raised on this appeal, and hence is not decided), and claimed to measure the extent of her right in that realty, by the clause in section 3 of the act (P. L. 434), which provides that a widow’s “share in lands aliened by the husband in his lifetime, without her…