Washington v. Washington

This was an application by the appellee to the court of probate, for au assignment to her as widow of G-us Washington, deceased, of dower in the'lands of which he died seized and possessed. The contention in the court of probate, was confined to the single fact of marriage between the appellee and the decedent. The cause was submitted to, and heard by the judge of the court of probate without the intervention of a jury. The findings of fact by the judge are specially stated in the judgment rendered as follows: “Edie, the said petitioner, under a certain form, was, while both were in a state…