Jaffe v. Zilinski

The opinion of the court was delivered by

William J. Brennan, Jr., J.

The action is to recover dower of certain lands in Clifton, Passaic County, claimed by the plaintiff as the widow of Henry S. Jaffe who died in 1949. Summary judgment was entered against her in the Law Division, 26 N. J. Super. 221 (1953). While her appeal was pending in the Appellate Division we of our own motion ordered certification here.

In 1927 Henry S. Jaffe acquired a mortgage covering the lands in suit and other lands. The mortgage, dated September 1, 1927, was a second mortgage as to the lands in suit, junior to a…