The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
"Ore.g,ot,n, HiII.''

Editor Of The Tlmos-D Dispatch:
What is the boundary OF Tho so-calle2
"OreEon Hill 2" Please give. north. east,
south and west boundaries and nhlIge 9{
4. "SUBsCRIBER."
oregon Hill, so-called Is bounded on the
north by Grecn Street: on the east ny the
property line Of the old James River and
Kanawha Canal on tho south BY same
property line and on the west by the west
ern line Of Belvidere Street. extended
from property line Of James River ana
Kanawha. Canal to Green Street.
Wc give also the boundary Of the prop
erty OF what Is known az Bavidere:
North boundary. 2ls feet Moth OF the
north line Of China Street cast boundary.
east line OF Bslvidere street to the prop
erty Of tho James River and Kannwha
Canal Company; south line along tho said
oompnny's property 10 9 point 80 feet east
OF Laurel Street: tbs west boundary .
80 feet east Of Laurel Stree. and parallel
thereto to the northern line above men-}
toned, II IS known by the plan as Il! Bel" Be
vid4re, III. n s VI
CoaxlnE Womanto Sign Away Her
Dover. h 81
Editor Of The Tines Dispatch: is. /
What = the Law in regard TO vito
signing away her dover in her husbands
property Z n 5upposs man sells his home
but his wife. who II opposed to selling.
refuses to sign the deed It is lawful to-
try to compel her to sign It by telling
her tho purchaser would bring suit.
and SO on ? Would such a deed; signed
under such conditions, be a lawful one
a n. "A. Z
There is no way of..coercing a woman
into waving her dover ights. It Is not
..'.unlnwful" to try$to pursuade her but Il
the coercion amounts to duress-that is,
violent prcssure-her signature would be
a nudity. Telling her "the purchaser
would bring suit might or might not
constitute duress according to attendant
circumstances 81 5s 30
The husband can. Of course. go ahead
and sell his real estate without the wife's
consent, but the purchaser win thus take,
II subject to the wfe's dover right
that Is to say. II tho husband died before
tne wife the purchaser would have to-
recognize the widows dover. .F5
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