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 him.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2774 ;-- CL 1871, 4271 ;-- How. 5735 ;-- CL 1897, 8920 ;-- CL 1915, 11656 ;-- CL 1929, 13074 ;-- CL 1948, 558.3
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30)
R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30)
Section 558.1 - Right of Widow to Dower.
Section 558.2 - Dower in Lands Exchanged; Election.
Section 558.3 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Mortgage Before Marriage.
Section 558.4 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Purchase Money Mortgage Given After Marriage.
Section 558.5 - Dower in Surplus of Proceeds From Foreclosure of Mortgage.
Section 558.6 - Dower in Lands Released by Payment of Mortgage.
Section 558.7 - Dower in Aliened Lands; Estimation.
Section 558.12 - Alternative Dower Rights Before Assignment; Occupation, Profits and Rents Receipts.
Section 558.13 - Barring of Dower; Joining in Conveyance, Release.
Section 558.14 - Barring of Dower; Jointure.
Section 558.15 - Barring of Dower; Expression of Assent to Jointure.
Section 558.16 - Barring of Dower; Antenuptial Pecuniary Provisions.
Section 558.20 - Renewal of Dower.
Section 558.21 - Dower Right of Aliens and Nonresidents.
Section 558.22 - Waste Liability; Maintenance of Tenements and Appurtenances.
Section 558.24 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Widow's Rights.
Section 558.25 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Measure.
Section 558.26 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Use of Added Improvements.
Section 558.27 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Against Heir Alienating Land.
Section 558.28 - Assignment of Dower; Effect of Acceptance.
Section 558.30 - Wife's Dower Right; Abolishment and Enforcement; Exceptions.