Platt's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a probate decree accepting an assignment of dower made by distributors appointed by the court, on the estate of Joseph S. Titus, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and heard before Andrews, J. The court made the following finding of facts.
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Appeal from a probate decree accepting an assignment of dower made by distributors appointed by the court, on the estate of Joseph S. Titus, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and heard before Andrews, J. The court made the following finding of facts. Joseph S. Titus died on the 16th day of January, 1884. He left a widow, to whom he was married in 1845. He left a will, but his widow declined to accept the provisions therein made for her and claimed dower. » At the time of his death Mr. Titus was seized and in possession of the following real estate in the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
Joseph S. Titus died leaving a widow enti*579tied to dower. At the time of his death he was seized of and in the actual possession of real estate valued as follows, irrespective of incumbrances by mortgage :—The homestead with buildings, worth $2,100; the West Hill land, thirty acres, worth $1,500; the Canfield lot, twelve acres, worth $450; a building lot, worth $90 ; a horse shed, worth $60 ; total value, $4,200.
The West Hill lot was subject to a mortgage amounting to $880, and the Canfield lot to a mortgage amounting to $650. There were other debts unsecured and the estate was deeply…
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- Tucker v. FieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1875
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