McKee v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward Y. Rice, Judge, presiding. This was a petition, filed by Buth Brown, for the assignment of dower, in two lots in the city of Springfield, in the Sangamon Circuit Court, against Bobert McKee. It appears, that petitioner was the widow of Delos W. Brown, who was, in the autumn of 1853, recognized to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court to answer a charge of manslaughter.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward Y. Rice, Judge, presiding. This was a petition, filed by Buth Brown, for the assignment of dower, in two lots in the city of Springfield, in the Sangamon Circuit Court, against Bobert McKee. It appears, that petitioner was the widow of Delos W. Brown, who was, in the autumn of 1853, recognized to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court to answer a charge of manslaughter. That in Hovember, 1853, he and petitioner executed a deed conveying the lots to one James Bayburn, to hold the title subject to the order of Brown.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Two questions have been discussed in this case,—first, whether defendant in error has dower in the premises; and, secondly, if she has, whether the yearly value of the same has been fixed on a proper basis. We only deem it necessary to consider the second. It appears that Delos W. Brown, the husband of defendant in error, owned the premises in fee in his life-time, and, that she is his widow. It also appears that Brown, on the 6th day of October, 1853, was recognized by two justices of the peace of Sangamon county, to appear at the next Hovember Term, to answer a charge of manslaughter; that…
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