Blood v. Humphrey
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, and the following facts appeared in the case: On the 14th day of August, 1848, Carlton Humphrey being seised in fee of the premises in question, conveyed them by deed to his daughter, Mrs. Blood, the wife of-the plaintiff.
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This was an action of ejectment, and the following facts appeared in the case: On the 14th day of August, 1848, Carlton Humphrey being seised in fee of the premises in question, conveyed them by deed to his daughter, Mrs. Blood, the wife of-the plaintiff. She and her husband occupied the premises, and the plaintiff made valuable improvements upon the dwelling house, &c. and afterwards, and on the 14th day of May, 1850, Mrs. Blood reconveyed the premises by deed to her father, Carlton Humphrey. Mrs. Blood died soon after-the making of this conveyance. The deed from Mrs. Blood to her father was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Mason, J.
The first question which I propose to consider in this case is, whether the deed from Mrs. Blood to her father, Carlton Humphrey, was properly executed and acknowledged, so as to convey the title of the premises in question, Mrs. Blood, although a married woman, was seised of the fee of these premises, by conveyance made to her on or about the 14th day of August, 1848. This conveyance being executed after the passage of the act for the more effectual protection of the property of married women, passed April 7,1848, she held the same to her sole and separate use, the…
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