Bell v. Little
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Sears, J.:
Plaintiff seeks in this action admeasurement of dower in certain premises of which James Bell was seized at the time of his death. The answering defendants, who are heirs at law of James Bell, challenge the plaintiff’s claim of dower on the ground that the plaintiff was not the lawful wife of James Bell.
*236In 1904 the plaintiff married one Kelsey in this State and lived with him in Rochester until May, 1912, when she abandoned her husband and went to the State of Pennsylvania for the sole purpose of obtaining a judgment of divorce from Kelsey in the courts of that State. She instituted…
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- Cunningham v. . CunninghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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