Palmer v. Voorhis
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action to recover dower; and came before the court on exceptions taken at the trial, which were ordered to be heard in the first instance at a general term. The complaint was dismissed, on the trial at the circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Brown, J.
The plaintiff is the widow of William Palmer, deceased, late of Olarkstown in the county of Rockland, and this action was brought to recover her dower in certain lands situate in that town, of which the husband was seised in his lifetime and during the coverture. The marriage took place on the 2d of July, 1851, and the parties resided and cohabited together until January the 4th, 1859, when the husband died. At the time of the marriage, and for some time both before and after, William Palmer was seised in fee of the farm of land in question, containing about 50 acres,…
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