Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1816

Lufkin v. Curtis

Lufkin v. Curtis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided May 15, 1816
13 Mass. 223
Lufkin v. Curtis

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Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The mortgage deed relied on by the tenant is wholly insufficient to bar the demandant of her claim of dower. It contains no release of her right, nor any declaration for what reason she executed it. To have been valid for the purpose contended for by the tenant, it should have contained words importing a release of «ier claim of dower; which has been recognized as sufficient.

Tenant defaulted.

[See Leavitt vs. Lamprey, 13 Pick 382.—Melvin vs The Proprietors of Locks and Canals, 16 Pick. 137. — Powell & ux. vs. Monson & Brimfield Manuf. Co. 3 Mason, R 347. —Ed.]

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