Tennessee Supreme Court February 21, 1872 (Summers v. Donnell)

Nicholson, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Robert E. Donnell died in Sumner county, leaving' his widow surviving him. The only real estate owned by him was a store-house in Gallatin. His widow dissented from his will, and applied to the County Court for dower, which' was allotted to her. The house not being divisible, her dower assigned was the one-third of the house and lot.