Hilton v. Thatcher
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Salt Lake County; 0. W. ■Morse, Judge. Action by Annie F. A. Hilton against George W. Tbatcber. On the death of the defendant, Robert W. Sloan and others were submitted as defendants. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANTS POINTS. The dower interests of the wife is a favorite of the law.
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Appeal from District Court, Salt Lake County; 0. W. ■Morse, Judge. Action by Annie F. A. Hilton against George W. Tbatcber. On the death of the defendant, Robert W. Sloan and others were submitted as defendants. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANTS POINTS. The dower interests of the wife is a favorite of the law. It is an estate in the wife, which is wholly distinct from that of the husband, whether it be a common law dower life estate, or an estate provided under the statute in lieu of the common law dower. If it be an estate given the wife under the statute…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
This action was commenced by the appellant, as the widow of John R. Park, deceased, to recover a widow’s interest in the lands of her husband, conveyed by him without her consent while the marriage relation existed. The material allegations of the complaint are, in substance, that appellant and one John R. Park,.rfow deceased, were married in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 5, 1872, and that said Park and appellant were and continued to be husband and wife until the death of said Park, which occurred on the 30th day of September, 1900; that said Park, subsequent to said marriage become seised…
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