Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1872 (Hughes v. . Merritt)

Boydekt, J.

This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff against Merritt and his wife Deborah, and submitted upon-a case agreed to his Honor below, Judge Clarke; and the only question in the cause is the claim on the part of the feme defendant to dower, under the act of March 2d, 1867, during the life of her husband. This suit was commenced in Decern

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her, 1871.