X. 
Table showing the Present Value of the Right of Dower of a Married 
Woman in any Real Estate, provided she survives her Husband. 
BY J, INGERSOLL BOWDITCH. 
Communicated by the President of the Academy. 
Tue laws of Massachusetts, and of several other States, allow a 
right of dower to a married woman, provided she survives her hus- 
band, being a life-right in one third of all the real estate he at any 
time possesses. 
In cases of insolvency, and in various other instances, it is desir- 
able to ascertain the present value of this right. This may be done 
by the following table. 
The table is to be entered at the top with the age of the husband, 
and at the side with the age of the wife ; under the former and op- 
posite to the latter is the present value of the dower right in an es- 
tate worth one hundred dollars. 
Thus, if the age of the husband be 50 years, and that of the 
wife 32 years, the present value of the dower, in $100, is $ 6,70; 
so that if the estate be worth § 10.000, the present value of the 
dower right would be § 670. 
