Turner v. Turner

The defendant Ruth U. Turner contends that the deed of separation operated as a substitution for, or a rescission of, the ante-nuptial agreement, that the resumption of conjugal cohabitation by E. F. Turner and herself annulled the deed of separation, and therefore she is entitled to dower.

Ruth Umphlett, in contemplation of marriage, with E. F. Turner was expressly authorized by G.S. 52-13 to release by valid contract her right of dower in the lands of E. F. Turner. Stewart v. Stewart, 222 N.C. 387, 23 S.E. 2d 306; Blankenship v. Blankenship, 234 N.C. 162, 66 S.E. 2d 680. This statute states…