Tate v. Jay

Walker, J.:

Jay and wife filed their bill in chancery to have dower set apart and assigned to them in right of the wife, who was the widow of Joseph W. Clay, Jr., deceased.

The claim to dower is asserted upon a large tract of land, indeed, several tracts, situate in Lincoln County, which was owned as an estate in fee simple by Joseph W. Clay, senior, the father of Joseph W. Clay, junior.

The bill alleges that Joseph W. Clay, Sr., at his death left three children, his sole heirs, namely, Joseph W. Clay, Jr., Caroline P. Clay, who married the defendant Raynor Whitfield, and Mary C. Clay, who…