ART. 45] HUSBAND'S LIFE ESTATE IN WIFE'S LANDS. 1277

1888, art. 45, sec. 5. 1860, art. 45, sec. 5. 1818, ch. 193, sec. iO. 1898, ch.

457, sec. 6.

6. A widow shall be entitled to dower in lands held by equit-
able as well as legal title in the husband at any time during the
coverture, whether held by him at the time of his death or not,
but such right of dower shall not operate to the prejudice of
any claim for the purchase money of such lands, or other lien
on the same.

Hopkins v. Frey, 2 Gill, 359 Miller v. Stump, 3 Gill, 304. Chew v. Farm-
ers' Bank, 9 Gill, 371 Ellicott v. Welch, 2 Bl. 242 Spangler v. Carroll,
1 Md Ch. 36. Mantz v. Buchanan, 1 Md. Ch. 202. Bowie v. Berry, 1 Md.
Ch. 452. Ibid., 3 Md. Ch 359. Purdy v. Purdy, 3 Md. Ch. 547. Stewart v.
Beard, 4 Md. Ch. 319. Stelle v Carroll, 12 Pet. 211. Mayburry v. Brien,
15 Pet. 38. Lynn v. Gephardt. 27 Md. 547. Brown v. Kemper, 27 Md. 666.
Bank of Commerce v. Owens, 31 Md. 320. Rawlings v. Lowndes, 34 Md.
643. Glenn v. Clark, 53 Md. 604.

1898, ch. 457, sec. 7. 1904, ch 161.

7. Every husband shall acquire by virtue of his marriage an
estate for his life in one-third of the lands held or owned by
his wife at any time during the marriage, whether by legal or
equitable title, or whether held by her at the time of her death
or not, but such estate shall not operate to the prejudice of any
claim for the purchase money of such lands, or other lien on
the same; nor shall any conveyance of such lands by the wife
alone bar such estate of the husband therein, and this estate
shall be known as the husband's dower, and the statute and
common law of this State as to the wife's dower shall be
construed to be applicable to this estate unless such construc-
tion would be unreasonable.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, art. 45, sec. 8. 1862, ch. 9. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 101.
1898, ch. 457

8. Any married woman by herself and in her name or in
the name of any third person with his assent as her trustee
may insure or cause to be insured for her sole use the life of
her husband for any definite period or for the term of his
natural life; and any husband may cause his own life to be
insured for the sole use of his wife and may also assign any
policy of insurance upon his own life to his wife for her sole
use; and in case of the wife surviving her husband, the sum
or net amount of such insurance becoming due and payable
by the terms of the insurance shall be payable to her for her