Grotsch v. Hassey

This action is brought for an adjudication that the defendant be barred from any claim of dower, or other estate, in certain real property. The defendant counterclaims, seeking an adjudication that she is entitled to dower, and asking that it be admeasured, etc. The question is whether the defendant was the wife of Michael Ilg at the time of his death.

Admittedly, the parties had been married, and prior to the death of Michael Ilg the defendant had brought an action against him to obtain an annulment of her marriage on the ground that it was procured by fraud. In that action she had obtained…