Larkin v. Lightburne’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The power to devise is conferred on all married women as to all estates real. All are likewise restricted so they may not by will deprive any husband of his estate by the curtesy. ' “Moreover, this is right and just. It is beyond the husband’s power by will to deprive his wife of dower. No more should she be allowed by will to defeat his curtesy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Vanover