Sanders v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. William I-I. Tayloe. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Jane A. Sanders, against the appellees, for the purpose of recovering dower in lands of which the complainant’s husband was seized during coverture, and which were sold at sheriff’s sale under execution against the complainant’s husband, and passed by mesne conveyance to the defendant. A demurrer interposed to the bill was. overruled.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. William I-I. Tayloe. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Jane A. Sanders, against the appellees, for the purpose of recovering dower in lands of which the complainant’s husband was seized during coverture, and which were sold at sheriff’s sale under execution against the complainant’s husband, and passed by mesne conveyance to the defendant. A demurrer interposed to the bill was. overruled. After the overruling of the demurrer, the defendant filed certain pleas as a defense to the bill of complainant. The substance…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The only question raised by the record in this cause is as stated by counsel, whether or not a AvidoAV, Avho has been provided for by the will of her husband, and who has failed to dissent therefrom within eighteen months, is entitled to dower in lands of which her hus*422band was seized during coverture, and which had been sold under execution against him in his lifetime, and purchased by strangers, to whom the wife and widow of the deceased has made no conveyance or release of dower. The pleas in the cause, filed by each defendant separately, aver in substance, that the 'husband of apjiellant…
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