2 F. Supp. 903 - Scott v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Sec. [§] 1. That the estate of curtesy is hereby abolished and the surviving husband or wife shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof the deceased husband or wife was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless the same shall have been relinquished in legal form. Equitable estates shall be subject to such dower, and all real estate of every description contracted for by the deceased husband or wife, in his or her lifetime, the title of which may be completed after his or her decease.” "Section [§] 10. Any devise of land, or any estate therein, or any other provision made by the will of a deceased husband or wife for a surviving wife or husband, shall, unless otherwise expressed in the will, bar the dower of such survivor in the lands of the deceased, unless such survivor shall elect to and does renounce the benefit of such devise or other provision, in which case he or she shall be entitled to dower in the lands and to one-third of the personal estate after the payment of all debts.” “Section [§] 11. Any one entitled to an election under either of the two preceding sections shall be deemed to have elected to take such * * * devise or other provision, unless, within one year after letters testamentary or of administration are issued, he or she shall deliver or transmit to the county court of the proper county a written renunciation of such * * * devise or other provision.” “Section [§] 12. If a husband or wife die testate, lea”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 28 F. Supp. 334 - Mayer v. Reinecke