Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Watkins

Tbe inchoate right of dower is a mere expectancy or possibility standing upon the same footing with the expectancy of heirs apparent or presumptive before the death of the ancestor, except that the wife’s expectancy may not be defeated by the husband without her consent. Upon the death of the husband the widow’s right of dower becomes consummate. It is then a fixed and vested right of property in the nature of a chose in action' — -the right to demand an assignment of dower. After assignment she becomes a life tenant of the property assigned. “Every married woman, upon the death of her…