Section 558.2 – Dower in Lands Exchanged; Election.
558.2 Dower in lands exchanged; election. Sec. 2. If a husband seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, exchange them for other lands, his widow shall not have dower of both, but shall make her election to be endowed of the lands given, or of those taken in exchange; and if such election be […]
Section 558.3 – Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Mortgage Before Marriage.
558.3 Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage. Sec. 3. When a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, shall have executed a mortgage of such estate before marriage, his widow shall be entitled to a dower out of the lands mortgaged, as against every person except the mortgagee and those claiming under […]