Couch v. Eastham
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mason County. Bill bjr Mary Catherine Couch against Sarah F. Eastham. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BobiNSON, Judge:
By this suit tire widow of Peter S. Couch prays that dower be assigned her in the lands devised to her husband by the will of his father, Samuel Couch. Her right to dower therein is denied by the defendant, Sarah F. Eastham. The case presents a single question: Is the plaintiff entitled to dower ?
T'he answer to the question must be determined by a consideration of the following paragraph in the will of Samuel Couch: *711“I give and devise unto my son Peter S. Couch the farm on which I reside in Mason County, West Virginia containing about Nine Hundred and Fifty Acres, but it being…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Couch v. EasthamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
- Cough v. EasthamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Tomlinson v. NickellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
- Nickell v. TomlinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
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