Dower not in joint tenancy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 40 U.S. 21 - Susan Mayburry v. John McPherson Brien · 1841Most cited · 18 citing opinions
On a joint-tenancy, at common law, dower does not attach... the wife shall not be endowed of lands or tenements, which her husband holdeth jointly with another, at the time of his death; and the reason of this diversity is, for that the joint-tenant which surviveth, claimeth the land by the feoffment and by survivorship, which is above the title of dower.
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