Guidet v. Brown

Van Vorst, J.—

The only subject of real contention in this action which is one in partition is as to whether the defendant Mary Ann Brown shall have dower in so much of *410the lands as may be set ofí as the share of her late husband, John L. Brown, deceased. The parties were married in 1828. In 1855 an agreement was entered into between John L.-Brown, of the first part, Mary Ann Bro.wn, of the second part, and George Johnson, of the third part. It recites that the parties of the first and second parts have mutually agreed to separate and live apart for the remainder of their lives, and that the…