Rowland v. Rowland
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CARROLL. This bill was filed in chancery, at Huntingdon, by the heirs of "William Rowland, to have a certain conveyance of land made by their father in his life time, set aside upon the ground, that it was made fraudulently to defeat the widow’s right of dower. The bill asks that the title to said land, exclusive of the widow’s dower, be divested out of the vendee and vested in them, as heirs at law of the vendor.
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FROM CARROLL. This bill was filed in chancery, at Huntingdon, by the heirs of "William Rowland, to have a certain conveyance of land made by their father in his life time, set aside upon the ground, that it was made fraudulently to defeat the widow’s right of dower. The bill asks that the title to said land, exclusive of the widow’s dower, be divested out of the vendee and vested in them, as heirs at law of the vendor. The defendant demurred to the bill, which was disallowed, with leave to answer over, which was waived. Chancellor Pavatt declared the conveyance to be fraudulent and void, as…
1Opinion of the CourtTotteN, J.
The bill states, that one William Howland was owner in fee of certain land in Carroll county. That on the 3d June, 1851, he conveyed it to his father, the defendant; that the conveyance was made to defeat and defraud the wife of the said William Howland, of any right she might have to alimony or dower; that he abandoned his said wife and children, went to Arkansas, where he died intestate; that dower has been assigned to the widow of said intestate in said land, on the ground that said conveyance was fraudulent and void. ■
The plaintiffs are the children and heirs at law of said intestate, and…
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