Opinion

Brown v. . Morisey

  • 126 N.C. 772
  • 36 S.E. 284
  • 1900 N.C. LEXIS 314
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
Jun 5, 1900
Status
Published
Author
Faircloth
On the bench
Furches, Faircloth, Fubches, Olaric
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 11.8%

The opinion

Faircloth, C. J.

This case was decided in favor of the defendant at February Term, 1899, and is reported in 124 N. C., 292 . It was rebeard ait February Team, 1900. After reargument and further consideration, the Court is of the opinion that the plaintiff is entitled to have dower assigned to her out of the land described in the complaint, and the first opinion is overruled. The reasoning and ground of our present opinion, will be found in the dissenting opinion, as reported in 124 N. C., at page 297, where the authorities are cited, and it seems that it is unnecessary to repeat them here.

In addition to those, we refer to Pinner v. Pinner, 44 N. C., 475 ; Frost v. Etheridge, 12 N. C., 30 . These fully recognize the principle of this opinion, with some excellent reasoning by TayuoR, C. J.

The plaintiff, being entitled to dower, is also entitled to damages from her' demand for dower equal to one-third in value of the rents and profits of the land. Spencer v. Weston, 18 N. C., 216 . These will be adjusted by the court below, if the parties do not agree to some arrangement among themselves.

This will be certified to the court below to the end that the court may proceed according to this opinion.

Error.

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