Griffin v. . Griffin

Varser, J., speaking to the subject of dower in Pridgen v. Pridgen, 190 N. C., p. 107, says: “Dower has long been a favorite of the law, ranking with life and liberty (Bacon Uses, p. 37), and showing a firm establishment in the Tear Books, and probably originating from a Danish custom, ‘since’ as Blackstone recalls, ‘according to historians of that country, dower was introduced into Denmark by Swein, the father of Canute, out of gratitude to the Danish ladies who sold all their jewels to ransom him when taken prisoner by the Vandals. However this be, the reason which our law gives for…