Section 558.25 - Damages upon recovery of dower; measure.
Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
ESTATES IN DOWER
558.25 Damages upon recovery of dower; measure.
Sec. 25.
Such damages shall be 1/3 part of the annual value of the mesne profits of the lands in which she shall so recover her dower, to be estimated in a suit against the heirs of her husband, from the time of his death; and in suits against other persons from the time of her demanding her dower of such persons.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2796 ;-- CL 1871, 4293 ;-- How. 5757 ;-- CL 1897, 8942 ;-- CL 1915, 11674 ;-- CL 1929, 13092 ;-- CL 1948, 558.25