Baden v. McKenny
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Appeal from a decree in equity upon a bill filed to obtain an assignment of dower. The Case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Montgomery
On the 19th day of December last, this cause was submitted to the court below on pleadings and proofs; two decrees were made, the first dismissing the bill as to the defendant McKenny, and the last adjudging that the “dower interest of the complainant in the property in controversy should be determined according to the value of the property in the year 1875,” and referring it to the Auditor “ to take further proof as to the value of the premises” in 1875, from which last decree the complainant appealed.
The bill was filed on the 20th day of June last. It averred, among other things, that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Powell v. Monson & Brimfield Manuf'g Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1824
- Catlin v. WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
- Summers v. BabbIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
- Price v. HobbsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
- Barney v. FrownerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
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