Legal Opinion

Starbuck v. Starbuck

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Motion by the defendants, Matilda Eliza Starbuck and others, for a new trial pursuant to section 1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure, upon exceptions, an interlocutory judgment in favor of the plaintiff having been entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of October, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Hiesohbeeg, J.:

The action is for dower. The plaintiff and William H. Star-buck, now deceased, were married in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on October 14, 1857. At that time she was a resident of that Commonwealth. They shortly afterwards moved to this State,where Mr. Starbuck continued to reside ■ until his death, which Occurred on the 29th of March, 1896. In consequence of alleged ill-treatment the plaintiff left him in the year 1868,- and returned to her parents’ home in Massachusetts, where she remained a resident until after her husband’s death in 1896, when she removed to, and has…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Maynard v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  5. Atherton v. AthertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Percival v. PercivalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  2. Gennert v. Butterick Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. Lacey v. LaceyNew York Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Gabler v. GablerNew York Supreme Court · 1922
  5. In re the Estate of GrotrianNew York Surrogate's Court · 1901

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