Smith v. Smith

By the Court—Johnson, J.

This is an appeal from an order made at Special Term, confirming the report of commissioners appointed to admeasure the dower of the respondent in certain lands described in her petition, of which her husband died seized, or was seized during her coverture. The proceeding for the admeasurement of dower was by petition to this court, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes. (2 R. S., 488.) From the petition and the other papers before ns, it appears that the lands in which the respondent sought to have her dower admeasured consisted of three several parcels. First.…