The  court  held  that  although  one-fourth  of  the  title  to  the  land
vested  In  petitioner's  husband,  yet  he  never  had  any  beneficial  interest
in  it,  distinct  from  'partnership  purposes,  but  that  he  took  it  clothed
with  an  implied  trust  that  it  should  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  part-
nership debts,  if  necessary,  and  that  his  widow  was  not  entitled  to
dower  until  this  trust  was  fully  executed  and  fulfilled,  and  the  interest
of  Louis  Bopp  having  been  applied  to  the  purpose  of  the  implied  trust
upon  which  it  was  taken,  the  widow  was  not  entitled  to  do*er.
"Espy  vs.  Comer,  76  Ala.,  501.
Free  vs.  Beatley,  95  Mich.,  426.
"Woodward-Holmes  Co.  vs.  Nudd,  58  Minn.,  236,  27  L.  R.  A.,  340.
"Woodward-Holmes  Co.  vs.  Nudd  (ante).
"Perin  vs.  Megibben,  53  Fed.  Rep  86.
Greene  vs.  Greene,  1  Ohio,  535,


80  FEBBHOLD  ESTATES  NOT  OF  INHERITANCE.
land  without  his  wife  joining  in  the  deed,  and  improTements
are  made  by  the  husband's  grantee,  the  wife  will  only  be  en-
titled to  dower  in  the  value  of  the  property,  less  the  value  of
improvements  made  since  the  time  of  the  conveyance  by  the
husband.  Improvements  made  by  an  heir  or  persons  other
than  the  husband's  grantee,  are  made  at  tiie  risk  of  the  i)er-
sons  making  them,  and  the  widow  will  be  entitled  to  dower  in
them.*"
MINERAL  LANDS.
