Ball v. Schaffer

Appellee filed her petition September 21, 1882, for assignment of her dower in a lot and the building thereon in the city of Henry. Her husband had died intestate, May 26, 1875, seized of the premises in question. They were sold by his administrator to pay debts, November 26, 1876, and possession was immediately given to the purchaser, and by conveyance his title came to appellant, who took possession April 3, 1878. He paid appellee, from month to month, different sums which she accepted as her share of the rents (after deducting all that he claimed as her porportion of the amount expended…