Comly v. Strader

Smith, J. —

The decree of the Circuit Court dismissing the petition, Bled by the plaintiff, for the assignment of dower in lands of which her husband, Absalom Comly, was seized during coverture, and which were aliened by him to the defendants in 1836, the plaintiff having, in 1844, been divorced from her said husband upon a bill filed by her against him, must be affirmed. In McCafferty v. McCafferty, 8 Blackf. 218, it was held that the 57th *135section, of chapter 35, R. S. 1843, which provides, that “whenever a divorce shall be decreed on account of the misconduct of the husband, the wife shall…