McCarty v. Roberts

Sarah Roberts, on the 6th of December, 1854, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Franklin county, alleging that she is the widow of John Roberts, who died in February, 1852; that during her coverture with him, he was seized m fee of certain real estate situate in said county, (describing it); that since the death of Roberts, said real estate has been, by his executors, conveyed to William M.-McCarty, the defendant, subject to the widow’s dower;, and that he, McCarty, now holds the next immediate estate of freehold therein. As such widow, the plaintiff claimed dower in the premises, &c.…