Youngs v. Goodman

On May 15, 1912, in a partition action it was adjudged that the defendant Harry Montes, the owner of an undivided share of the premises in suit, was entitled to receive a fixed share of the proceeds of sale, subject to the inchoate right of dower of the defendant, his wife, Louise Montes, therein. It was thereafter ordered that the chamberlain pay to Harry E. Montes $5,687.76 and to Louise, his wife, $1,633.81 as and for a gross sum to which she was entitled in lieu of her dower interest. The right of dower was sold but the wife did not appear in the action. Under section 1570, Code of Civil…