Jourdan v. Haran
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from special term. Action by Margaret Jourdan against Patrick Haran, impleaded, and others, to enforce a claim to dower. From a judgment adjudging plaintiff entitled to dower, and admeasuring the same, and from an interlocutory judgment ordering a reference, and from an order confirming the referee’s report, defendant Haran appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
There is practically no dispute as to the facts. The plaintiff is the widow of Cornelius P. Jourdan, to whom she was duly married in Oc*542tober, 1866, and who died in October, 1886; and as such widow she brought this action to enforce a claim of right of dower in the premises described in the complaint. On October 10,1870, John Jourdan died intestate in the city of He w York, seised of the said premises, leaving him surviving his widow, Marcella C. Jourdan, and as his only heirs at law, his brothers, Cornelius P. Jourdan and Thomas J. Jourdan, his sister, Mary Ann Heary, and his niece, Mary Jane…
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- Simar v. . CanadayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Mills v. . Van VoorhiesNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Moore v. . the Mayor, Aldermen, C., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Denton v. NannyNew York Supreme Court · 1850
- Sutliff v. ForgeyNew York Supreme Court · 1823
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