Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1859 (Reed v. Reed)

Wright, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

William Cootes died intestate, leaving a widow and several children. He was seized of a tract of land in Bedford county, _put of wbicb his widow, Celia Cootes, was endowed, and in possession of wbicb dower she remained until her death, in 1857.