Boyd v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

We will adopt in a large measure the statement of the facts of this cause as embodied in argument of Messrs. Abney & Thomas, appellant’s attorneys. John W. Lee, on the 18th day of February, 1853, executed and delivered to Hugh L. Boyd a mortgage on a certain tract of land in Lexington County to secure a sealed note, dated 31st January, 1853, for $1,700. It appears that the wife of John W. Lee did not renounce her dower on this mortgage. Lee died in 1864, leaving as his heirs and distributees 'his widow, Mary L., and his three…