Church v. Bull
New York Supreme Court
Oii error from the supreme court. The action in the court below was ejectment brought by Bull and wife against Church, for the dower of Mrs. Bull in lands of which a former husband was seized during their coverture. The plaintiffs had a verdict, which the defendant moved, upon a bill of exceptions,, to set aside; but the motion was denied, and judgment was rendered for the.-plaintiffs, upon which the defendant brought error to, this court.
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Oii error from the supreme court. The action in the court below was ejectment brought by Bull and wife against Church, for the dower of Mrs. Bull in lands of which a former husband was seized during their coverture. The plaintiffs had a verdict, which the defendant moved, upon a bill of exceptions,, to set aside; but the motion was denied, and judgment was rendered for the.-plaintiffs, upon which the defendant brought error to, this court. The facts, proved, together with the. opinion of the court appear in the report of the case in 5 Hill, 206. The case was argued here by
1Opinion of the Court
.The Chancellor.
The testator, in this case, devised his real and personal estate to his wife during her widowhood,. and after her death or remarriage he gave all his property, except some small legacies which were bequeathed to his daughters, to his three sons. But he did not state in his will that he intended this provision for his wife, during her widowhood, to be in *431lieu of her dower in his real estate after the determination of such provision, by her remarriage. And the only question for our consideration now- is, whether the disposition of his real estate after her remarriage, is so…
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