Stilley v. Grubb

Citations

• 1 Del. Ch. 406

Syllabus

<p>Under an Act of Assembly divorcing a wife from her husband, a mensa et thora, and granting to the wife all the rights, privileges and immunities of a feme sole,, the wife becomes competent to execute a release of land charged with an annuity bequeathed to her, under the will of a deceased husband, in lieu of dower.</p> <p>By the release executed to the purchaser of the land charged with the annuity the complainant claimed the right to dower in the land, and released the same for a valuable consideration. Held, that she thereby, precluded herself from claiming, against the purchaser, the annuity bequeathed to her in lieu of dower.</p>