Rannels v. Washington University
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. , (1) The widow is entitled to have such part of the lands set out to her as dower as will produce an income equal to one-third part of the income which the whole estate would produce if no improvements had been made upon it since it was conveyed by the husband.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. , (1) The widow is entitled to have such part of the lands set out to her as dower as will produce an income equal to one-third part of the income which the whole estate would produce if no improvements had been made upon it since it was conveyed by the husband. Carter v. Parker, 28 Me. 509 ; Strickler v. Tracy, 66 Mo. 495 ; O' Flaherty v. Sutton, 49 Mo. 58; Riley v. Bates, 40 Mo. 468; Webb v. Townsend, 1 Pick. 22; Macknet v. Macknet, 24 N. J. Eq. 449; Scribner on Dower, 599; Oilgartner v. Oebhardt, 25 Ohio St. 557;…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This was a suit for the assignment of dower in two hundred acres of land, and for damages for the detention thereof. The plaintiff’s husband, Charles S. Rannels, was the owner of the land during his marriage with the plaintiff. He became insane, and the land was sold in 1866 by' his guardian to Greorge Partridge. Rannels died in March, 1879 ; thereafter and on the seventeenth day of June, 1881, Partridge conveyed the property to the present defendant.
Both branches of the case were tried by the court without a jury. The court found the value of the land *230in 1866 and 1867 to be twenty-seven…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Riley v. Clamorgan & RippeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
- Reily v. BatesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- O'Flaherty v. SuttonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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