Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-11-18
Will I@rUMo
Wednesday, Nov. Is, 1915.
Laurel, Nov. 8. 1918.
Mr. MILLER,

DC PiSaAed " P"or'Sh III your uSeiLN
paper the following Queries, and obliss
SUBSCRIBER.
|. If man dies interstate and leaves
no child nor children, nor any legal re-
representatives. Of them, and leaves W.
dow, will the widow be entitled to the
half of his land, according to the old law,
vol. Del. Laws, 2S9 or will she take q
third only, according to the dover law,
svol. l74s
2. What is the meaning of the word
incnmdrance in the providing clause of
the dover law. 2 sec. p. l752 Does it
mean judgment, recognizance, mortgage,
rent, obligation, bill, or account or all.
or any of them And if not oil, which Of
theta
$. Suppose single man becomes in
deb,ed by bond, and then ,narries, and at
ter marriage judgment is recovered a.
gainst him on the bond, and then the
husband dies, leaving HE same wife his
widow. is this Judgment lien made or
created affrr tie Mfermarriaee, 50 THAI
his widow will take her thirds Gree and
discharged from such judgment! Or, liza
other words, can cny Judgment recoyered
Gtfer marriage. no matter when the debt
was created, bind the land against the
widows dover -
i 4. Suppose A,a single man becomes
indebted 10 B, in $1,000, on jndgmeHss
and then A marr,es w; and after bis
marriage A becomes indebted to & ora
bond in $1,000; aid c RECEIVERS judg-
m-nt for these $1,000 against A, and
: then a dies intesta,e leaving w his wi
dow, and c, revives his Judgment againsr
\ the administrator of A, and sells all As
!. land by the Sheriff on an execution fos
:. S 1000 only, will the Sheriff be boundto
t pay the whole 1000 to B., his judgment
being the oldest, and being recovered be-
= fore the marriage Of A * w! And wiz
e the sale nadeb by the Sheriff on the debs
r created and judgment recovered 'hereors
after The inter,ia. -iage, give the pur"
. chaser godd title aga INST III. widows
n dover in case the Sheriff is bound to
y
c pay the money to B!
=, S. If single is indebted on book
r. account, and then marries; and after his
o marriage he becomes indebted by Bond,
n and then dies, leaving widow, and land,
a. !, but no personal estate and TWO thirds
"a Of me land are sufficient to pay the bond
- debt only, and the book account is equal
e TO ore third of the land, ard the admins
tra,sr sells the lard by order Of the Or
!; phans Court Tor the payment OF debts,
will the creditor by bond, the creditor by
" book account, or the widow, BE the lose,
N Sse the Act Of Assembly directing the
>. priority Of payment Of debts OF deceased
~. parsons, vol. 80; and the dover law, !;
wtvd. l74.
s' 6. When there are judgments recos-
oh fred Before man's marriage, and iads"
so nents after his marriage, and then ne
'a'ie leaving widow, how can '@e "hc''s'
on an execution upon any one Oh '"s
IN. Judgments enquire whether Tue rents
p viii be sufficient in seven years &C. some
DOT the judgments binding on the who'e
,nlsnd, and some on two thirds only during
oflhe widows life!
k' = Can sale be made Of 4 mans land
a.,| aier his death, for the payment OF ~
ma. debts, by approaching at law so as Il
is secure the purchaser. until the WIDOW
s s. dover be laidoH'' And then can the re
len version IN tn, dover land be sold by any
writ Of execution, before the WIDOW
per death! If it en-, how is the Act oil As
a.s sembly to be satisfied which requires q
ent |enquiry to be mdc into the suiilclen'