Louden v. Waddle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
June 2d 1881. Before Sharswood, C. J., Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett and Green, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lyeommg county : Of May Term 1881, No. 128. Sci. fa. sur mortgage, by William G. Louden, administrator of Euphemia C. Louden, deceased, formerly. Euphemia O. Sweeny, against Thomas Waddle and R. W. Sweeny, administrators of Charles W. Sweeny, deceased.
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June 2d 1881. Before Sharswood, C. J., Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett and Green, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lyeommg county : Of May Term 1881, No. 128. Sci. fa. sur mortgage, by William G. Louden, administrator of Euphemia C. Louden, deceased, formerly. Euphemia O. Sweeny, against Thomas Waddle and R. W. Sweeny, administrators of Charles W. Sweeny, deceased. J. G. Calvert, guardian of William Sweeny, minor child of the said Charles W. Sweeny, deceased, was afterwards permitted to become a party defendant. Pleas, payment, payment with leave, &c., and set oá. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
A widow’s dower is not merely a lien, but an estate in the land: Turner v. Hauser, 1 Watts 420 ; Deitz v. Beard, 2 Id. 171; Miller v. Leidig, 3 W. & S. 456 ; Thomas v. Simpson, 3 Barr 69 ; Zeigler’s Appeal, 11 Casey 173 ; Schall’s Appeal, 4 Wright 170 ; Gourley v. Kinley, 16 P. F. Smith 270.
While holding such an estate in the land of her deceased husband, and being in the possession thereof, Mrs. Louden, formerly Sweeny, obtained an insurance on the buildings thereon, in such form as if she had been the sole owner of the same. Although at the time she held this mortgage, now in contention, on…
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- Hancox v. Fishing Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1838
- Cushing v. ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1852
- Turner v. HauserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Miller v. LeidigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
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