Redding v. Vogt.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Special proceeding by Lillian Redding against Lucy R.. Vogt and others, for dower, heard upon issues joined, by Judge E. B. Jones and a jury, at the Eall Term, 1905, of' the Superior Court of Pamlico. From a judgment for the-plaintiff, the defendants appealed. The plaintiff brought the proceeding for the purpose off having her dower assigned in the lands described in her- petition. The evidence disclosed the following facts: 1. On.
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Special proceeding by Lillian Redding against Lucy R.. Vogt and others, for dower, heard upon issues joined, by Judge E. B. Jones and a jury, at the Eall Term, 1905, of' the Superior Court of Pamlico. From a judgment for the-plaintiff, the defendants appealed. The plaintiff brought the proceeding for the purpose off having her dower assigned in the lands described in her- petition. The evidence disclosed the following facts: 1. On. Eebruary 1Y, 1890, John P. Redding and his wife, Elizabeth--Redding, executed a deed to Lizzie C. Redding (now Lizzie-C. Brown), their daughter, for two tracts of…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case: The plaintiff seeks to have dower allotted in the lands described in her petition, and her right to the relief depends upon the construction and legal effect of the contracts and deeds mentioned in the statement of the case. It is provided by statute that a widow shall be endowed as at common law and shall be entitled to an estate for her life to the extent of one-third in value of all the lands, tenements and hereditaments whereof her husband was seized and possessed at any time during the coverture and to the same estate in all legal rights of redemption…
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