Hartshorne v. Hartshorne
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The bill states that the complainant is the widow of Richard S. Hartshorne, late of the township of Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, deceased. That the said Richard S. Hartshorne in his life time, and during the complainant’s coverture, was seized in fee .of divers messuages, lands and tenements, in the said bill of complaint particularly described.
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The bill states that the complainant is the widow of Richard S. Hartshorne, late of the township of Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, deceased. That the said Richard S. Hartshorne in his life time, and during the complainant’s coverture, was seized in fee .of divers messuages, lands and tenements, in the said bill of complaint particularly described. That the marriage of the complainant with the said Richard S. Hartshorne was duly solemnized on the 3d of August, 1820, and that they lived together as man and wife until the death of the said Richard, which occurred in the month of October,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This is a bill for dower. The-complainant alleges, that her husband was seized in fee of certain loads in the county of Monmouth, during (heir coverture, of .which she claims to have set off one thin! part for her dower. It ■is stated in the bill, that prior to the marriage, her husband gave a mortgage on the property whereof dower is claimed, for three thousand dollars, on which payments have been-made reducing it to eleven hundred dollars, and that such mortgage has been assigned to the defendant. The defendant purchased the equity of redemption at sheriff’s sale, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Duke of Cumberland v. CodringtonNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
- Tice v. AnninNew York Court of Chancery · 1816
- Badgley v. Bruce & HalseyNew York Court of Chancery · 1833
- Russell v. AustinNew York Court of Chancery · 1828
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- Campbell v. CampbellNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
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