Anglin v. Broadnax

Citations

• 97 Miss. 514
• 52 So. 865

Syllabus

<p>1. Dower. • Conveyance in fee by widow. Grantee’s possession. When becomes adverse. Remainderman’s right of action.</p> <p>A widow, having a dower in land, can convey only her life estate therein, and her grantee taking possession under her does not hold adversely to the remaindermen until after her death, although her deed purports to convey the fee.</p> <p>2. Same. Statute of limitations. Infancy. Code 1857, p. 398, art. 1; Code 1871, § 2147; Code 1880, § 2664; Code 1892, § 2730; Code 1906, § 3090.</p> <p>Where a dowress assumed to convey the lands in fee and her grantee took possession under her, and at her death the remainder-man was an infant, his cause of action for recovery of the land • did not accrue until her death, and was not barred before the expiration of ten years after he reached majority, under Code 1857, p. 398, art. 1; Code 1871, § 2147; Code 1880, § 2664; Code 1892, § 2730; Code 1906, § 3090, providing a statute of limitations against suits for. the recovery of land.</p>