Hastings v. Mace
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, granting the petition of Elizabeth Mace for the assignment of her dower in the estate of her former husband, Francis Mayo. The case was heard by Holmes, J., and reported by him for the consideration of the full court; such decree to be entered as the court might order. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
Francis Mayo died on October 17,1863, and his widow, now Elizabeth Mace, became entitled to dower in the land in which she asks to have dower assigned. She occupied the land with the heirs, and received the rents and profits, the heirs not objecting, until August or September, 1890, since which time the rents have been, against her protest, paid to one of the heirs. Her petition was filed on September 5,1891. The question reserved is whether her right to file the petition more than twenty years after her husband’s death is saved by the Pub. *500Sts. c. 124, § 13, or barred by the Pub. Sts. c.…
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