Dengenhart v. Cracraft
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Superior Court of Ciueiunati. This case was considered with five others. They involve the title to one-fourth of sundry lots of land in Cincinnati, part of a subdivision of about one hundred acres, of which Israel Ludlow died seized in 1804. ■ They all involve the validity of certain judicial proceedings and sales and conveyances, made thereunder.
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Error to the Superior Court of Ciueiunati. This case was considered with five others. They involve the title to one-fourth of sundry lots of land in Cincinnati, part of a subdivision of about one hundred acres, of which Israel Ludlow died seized in 1804. ■ They all involve the validity of certain judicial proceedings and sales and conveyances, made thereunder. Three of these cases depend cn the validity of deeds under the act of 1805 (1 Chase, 484); one under the act of 1818 (2 Chase, 1041) and two under the act of 1820 (2 Chase, 1139). The deed in the case at bar- comes under the act of…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
1. As to the judicial proceedings: Mrs. Dudley was under eighteen years of age when these proceedings were had, and when the sale was made, but over eiglitee7i when the deed was executed. By the statute then in force, she would reach her majority at twenty-one, or October 9,1820. By the statute under which this deed was executed (1 Chase, 484), she, being a married woman, and, at the date of said deed, March, 1818, “not less than eighteen years of age,” had capacity, her husband joining, to make a valid conveyance, notwithstanding her minoritju
Mrs. Dudley was an infant feme covert at. the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miller v. HineOhio Supreme Court · 1862
- Ludlow v. O'NeilOhio Supreme Court · 1876
- In re WhitakerNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
- Evans v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1818
- Fowler v. M'ClurgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1820
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