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206 Whyte v. Mayor, etc., of Nashville, 2 Swan (Tenn.) 364.
207 Summers v. Babb, 13 111. 483. Cf. Matlock v. Lee, 9 Ind. 298; Stockwell v. Sargent, 37 Vt. 16.
208 See Talbot v. Hill, 68 III. 106. Any doubt as to this was removed by the statute of Merton (20 Hen. III c. 2), which has been generally recognized or re-enacted in this country. 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 779; 1 Stim. Am, St. Law, § 3233.
210 Parker v. Parker, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 236. 211 White v. Cutler, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 248.
212 Childs v. Smith, 1 Md. Ch. 483. But cf. Cook v. Cook, 11 Gray (Mass.) 123; Noyes v. Stone (Mass.) 40 N. E. 856.
214 See post, p. 111.
60. The right to dower may be defeated by: (a; Alienage of husband or wife, in some states (p. 103).
(b) Elopement and living in adultery by the wife, in most states (p. 103).
(c) Annulment of marriage (p. 104).
(d) Divorce, in many states (p. 104).
(e) Loss of husband's seisin (p. 104).
(1) Before marriage (p. 105).
(2) After marriage, in some states (p. 105).
215 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 783.
216 Graham v. Dunigan, 2 Bosw. (N. T.) 516; Bidwell v. Greenshleld, 2 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 427; Durkee v. Felton, 44 Wis. 4G7; Linden v. Graham, 34 Barb. (N. Y.) 316. So of assessments for street improvements. Whyte v. Mayor, etc., of Nashville, 2 Swan (Tenn.) 364.
217 Maddocks v. Jellison, 11 Me. 482; Bent v. Weeks, 44 Me. 45; Cannon v. Hare, 1 Tenn. Ch. 22.
218 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 781.
219 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 785.
(i) Widow's election to take a testamentary or statutory-provision in lieu of dower (p. 109).
(k) Statute of limitations, in many states (p. 111).
(1) Laches in equity (p. 111).
(m) Waste after assignment which causes a forfeiture in several states (p. 111).
220 2 Bl. Comm. 131; Co. Litt. 31b; Calvin's Case, 7 Coke, 25a; Wight-man v. Laborde, Speer (S. C.) 525.
221 1 Stim. Am. St.. Law, §§ 102, 6013; 1 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 156; 1 Washb. Real Prop. (5th Ed.) 80, note; 1 Shars. & B. Lead. Cas. Real Prop. 303, 515. In Michigan and Wisconsin, by statute, lands conveyed by a nonresident owner are not subject to dower. Ligare v. Semple, 32 Mich. 438. Cf. Bear v. Stahl 61 Mich. 203, 28 N. W. 60; Bennett v. Harms, 51 Wis. 251, 8 N. W. 222.
223 13 Edw. I. c 34.
224 1 Stim. Am. St Law, § 3246 A (1 ); 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 535; 1 Shars. & B. Lead. Cas. Real Prop. 384.
225 Adultery without elopement does not bar. Cogswell v. Tibbetts, 3 N. H. 41; Reel v. Elder, 62 Pa. St 308; Ondis v. Bates, 7 Kulp (Pa.) 309. If there has been a separation for any cause whatever, a subsequent adultery will be a bar. Woodward v. Dowse, 10 C. B. (N. S.) 722; Hethrington v. Graham, 6 Bing. 135. Cf. Goss v. Froman, 89 Ky. 318, 12 S. W. 387; Watters v. Jordan, 13 Ired. (N. C.) 361. But if the husband drives the wife away, or deserts her, dower is not lost by adultery committed afterwards. Heslop v. Heslop, 82 Pa. St 537; Rawlins v. Buttel, 1 Houst (Del) 224. And see Reynolds v. Reynolds, 24 Wend. (N. Y.) 193.
Annulment of Marriage and Divorce.
226 See 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 539. 227 l Stim. Am. St Law, § 3246 B.
228 2 Scrib. Dower (2d Ed.) 541.
230 1 Stim. Am. St Law, §§ 3246 C, 6251.

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