Crowe v. Fort Greene National Bank

The court is constrained to give judgment herein for the plaintiff. Having been a minor at the time of the execution of the mortgage and of the conveyance mentioned in the complaint, she was incapable of releasing her dower rights in the real property of her deceased husband. (Sanford v. McLean, 3 Paige, 117; Bool v. Mix, 17 Wend. 119.) The mortgagee and grantee were chargeable with knowledge of her infancy and dealt with her, under the circumstances, at their peril. The fact that the mortgage and the deed may have been given for full consideration is immaterial, plaintiff’s inchoate right of…