Case Name: The Widow Deforest's Appeal from Probate
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1772-08
Citations: 1 Root 50
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Widow Deforest’s Appeal from Probate.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 50–50

Head Matter:
FAIRFIELD COUNTY,
AUGUST TERM, A. D. 1772.
The Widow Deforest’s Appeal from Probate.
Dower is to be assigned out of the real estate, only, of which the husband died seized. !
Claiming dower in all the lands and real estate, of which her husband was seized and possessed at any time during their intermarriage.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The widow is entitled to her dower only in the lands and real estate of which her husband died seized and possessed, in his own right.