Connelly v. Swann

1. A widow may have dower assigned to her in lands of which the husband was seized and possessed at the time of his death.- Civil Code, § 5247. The status at the time of the death of the husband fixes the right of the widow to dower, and not subsequent acts of the administrator of the intestate’s estate.

2. Section 5248 of the Civil Code provides when dower may be assigned in lands held under deed, bond for titles, etc., where a portion of the purchase-money has been paid, but the estate in dower shall be liable for the unpaid purchase-money where the vendee held under bond for titles. This…