White v. White
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In Dower. This case came before the Court on demurrers to the pleas filed by the tenant. The demandant filed the usual count in dower for the third part of one stable, barn, orchard, garden, messuage, house, one hundred acres of pasture land, one hundred acres of woodland, one hundred acres of meadow land and two hundred acres of arable land; to which the defendant pleaded five, several pleas. 1st. Bequest in lieu of dower. ■ 2d.
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In Dower. This case came before the Court on demurrers to the pleas filed by the tenant. The demandant filed the usual count in dower for the third part of one stable, barn, orchard, garden, messuage, house, one hundred acres of pasture land, one hundred acres of woodland, one hundred acres of meadow land and two hundred acres of arable land; to which the defendant pleaded five, several pleas. 1st. Bequest in lieu of dower. ■ 2d. Devise of real estate, and no dissent filed by widow. 3d. Release and discharge. 4th. Release to Richard by means whereof Peter is released &c. 5th. Agreement and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, was delivered by
Fobd, J.
This is an action for dower in a hundred acres of land; the count is in the usual form ; the tenant pleads five pleas in bar; the demandant demurs to each plea, and thus its sufficiency is put in issue, to the court. It appears that the husband in his will, made the following provision for his wife.
“ I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eleanor White, all the property that she had or brought with her when I married her, and I further order that she shall have one room in my dwelling house, and a comfortable maintenance out of my real estate,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Banks v. Wilmington Terminal Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1941