Cunnius v. Reading School District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1899, No. 64, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret Cunnius, now Margaret Smith, v. Reading School District. Assumpsit to recover arrearages of dower. Before Enduch, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover the sum of $569.61, being arrearages of dower from April, 1888, with interest thereon. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1899, No. 64, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret Cunnius, now Margaret Smith, v. Reading School District. Assumpsit to recover arrearages of dower. Before Enduch, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover the sum of $569.61, being arrearages of dower from April, 1888, with interest thereon. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court instructed the jury to return a verdict for plaintiff for $609.60, subject to the following points reserved : 1.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The defendant was the owner of certain land which was subject to a right of dower of the plaintiff, the value of which dower right had been ascertained and the amount of the annual instalments to be paid duly fixed. The installments had been paid down to and including that for the year 1888, to which time the domicile of the plaintiff had been in the city of Reading, in the state of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, in the year 1888, left the state of Pennsylvania and nothing was seen or heard of her until the bringing of this action, in 1899. The only son of the…
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