Hampton v. Hampton Holding Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

By this proceeding in equity plaintiff seeks an assignment of dower in lands situate in Newark, New Jersey, known as 138-146 Norfolk Street and 9 Tuxedo Parkway, dowable it is affirmed as property of which her deceased husband, Robert, had the beneficial seisin in his lifetime.

As to the Norfolk Street tract, the gravamen of the action is a premarital conveyance to the defendant corporation designed to defeat plaintiff’s expectation of dower by the fulfillment of their engagement to marry, and thus in fraud of an essential property right. And…