Allen v. Reynolds
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from an order made at Special Term directing that a purchaser of certain lots of land at a foreclosure sale complete his purchase. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Curtis, J.
The purchaser objects *298to the title, on the ground that. Mrs. Marie Alger, a married woman, was not divested of her' estate in the land by an intermediate conveyance executed November 27th, 1872, but which she did not “ on a private examination, separate and apart from her husband, acknowledge to have been executed by her without the fear or compulsion of her said husband.”
The objection is urged upon the ground that the act of 1849, authorizing a married woman to convey real estate “in the like manner” and “with the like effect as if she were unmarried,” was repealed by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Blood v. HumphreyNew York Supreme Court · 1854
- United States v. CastantSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Estate of BellesheimNew York Surrogate's Court · 1888