Eldredge v. Forrestal
Cases that cite this one
11 later published cases cite this decision.
- McGuire v. Cook (Ark. 1911)
- Oliver v. Jones (Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County 1895)
- Watson v. Watson (Mass. 1889)
- Brooks v. Everett (Mass. 1866)
- Durando v. . Durando (N.Y. 1861)
- Durando v. Durando (N.Y. 1861)
- Watkins v. Thornton (Ohio 1860)
- Green v. Putnam (New York Supreme Court 1847)
- Otis v. Parshley (Superior Court of New Hampshire 1839)
- Dunham v. Osborn (N.Y. Ch. 1829)
- Drew v. Munsey (Superior Court of New Hampshire 1814)
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Opinion of the Court
There is no doubt that an actual cotporeal seisin, or a right to such seisin, in the husband during the coverture, is indispensable to entitle his widow to dower; and that a legal seisin of a vested remainder is not sufficient for that purpose. As in this case there was an interposing estate for life, which was not determined until after the death of the husband, it is very clear that the tenant was not entitled to dower. The proceedings in the Probate Court are void ; and judgment must therefore be entered on the verdict.
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