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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