In re Culver

The petition of á widow and of the guardian of a sole minor heir at law sets forth in substance that the decedent died May 28, 1918, intestate, leaving a widow and one child, and seised of two parcels of improved land; that the land will not divide; and that the widow waives the assignment of her dower and asks for an appraisement of her dower by the Court and payment in money for her share of the land.

This is called a partition cause, but it is not and cannot be one in legal effect, for there is a sole heir at law who takes title subject to dower. It is not properly an application of the…