Crittenden v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Chancery side of the Pulaski Circuit Court. Bill for dower filed by Ann J. Crittenden, widow of Robert Crittenden, against Wm. E. 'Woodruff, determined in the chancery side of the Pulaski Circuit Court, in June, 1846, before the Hon. John J. Clendenin, chancellor. The material facts are stated by this court. Decree against complainant, and she appealed.
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Appeal from the Chancery side of the Pulaski Circuit Court. Bill for dower filed by Ann J. Crittenden, widow of Robert Crittenden, against Wm. E. 'Woodruff, determined in the chancery side of the Pulaski Circuit Court, in June, 1846, before the Hon. John J. Clendenin, chancellor. The material facts are stated by this court. Decree against complainant, and she appealed. The depositions ought to have been suppressed, because the notice to take them was on several ’ consecutive days or either of them, (Reardon vs. Barrington, 2 E?ig. 366. Harris vs. Hill fy-Relj, ib. 456,) and because they were…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Johnson
The complainant charges in her bill that, as the widow of the late Robert Crittenden, she is entitled to dower in lots numbered seven, eight and nine, in block numbered thirty-four in the city of Little Rock, with the improvements thereon. Her demand is resisted by the defendant upon several distinct grounds. The bill states that Robert Crittenden, the alleged husband, departed this life intestate, in the month of December, A. D. 1834; that he was lawfully seized and possessed of the premises during the coverture, and that during such coverture and whilst said lots were unincumbered by any…
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