Martello v. Cagliostro

Plaintiff seeks to have her dower admeasured in property which her husband owned and which he conveyed in September, 1911, he having recently died. Her claim is twofold: That she did not join in the deed, and that if she did she was then incapable of making a contract because she was insane.

The first contention can be readily decided. The fact that plaintiff did join with her husband in the deed is established, not only by the acknowledgment appearing thereon but also by other evidence. Concededly, she was present at the time the deed was signed, and the testimony of her son that she did not…