Vance v. Vance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The demandant, in her writ, claimed dower in the premises, as the widow of William Vance, deceased. She proved thé marriage, seisin of the husband during the coverture and until his death, and a demand of dower of the defendant, as tenant of th.e freehold. .The tenant then read in evidence an indenture between the demandant and the said William Vance, of which a copy of the material parts follows.
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The demandant, in her writ, claimed dower in the premises, as the widow of William Vance, deceased. She proved thé marriage, seisin of the husband during the coverture and until his death, and a demand of dower of the defendant, as tenant of th.e freehold. .The tenant then read in evidence an indenture between the demandant and the said William Vance, of which a copy of the material parts follows. “ This indenture of two parts, made the fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by and between William Vance of Readfield, in the county of Kennebec,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the majority of , the Court, Tenney J. giving no opinion, was prepared by
SheRley J.
— The statute of 1821, c. 40, 4> 6, provides, that the widow may claim dower in lands, tenements and hereditaments, of which the husband was seised in fee, either in possession, reversion or remainder, at any time during the marriage, except where such widow by her own consent may have been provided for by way of jointure prior to the marriage; or where she may have relinquished her right of dower by deed under her hand and seal. ■ The word jointure must have been used in its well known and…
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