Missouri Court of Appeals February 16, 1877 (Cox v. Dunn)

Hayden, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question presented by the record in this case is one involving the construction of that section of the stat*349ute on the subject of dower which provides that, “when the husband shall die leaving a child or children, or other descendants, the widow should be entitled absolutely to a share in the personal estate belonging to the husband at