Guidet v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
Aption by Charles Guidet against Mary Ann Brown and others, for partition. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Vorst, J.
The only subject of real contention in this action is, as to whether or not the defendant Mary Ann Brown shall have dower in so much of the lands as may be set off as the share of her late husband, John L. Brown, deceased. The parties married in 1838.
In 1855 an agreement was entered into between John L. Brown of the first part, Mary Ann Brown of *296the second part, and George Johnson of the third part. It recites that the parties of the first and second parts have mutually agreed to separate, and live apart for the remainder of their lives: that the party of the first part was desirous of…
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- Carson v. MurrayNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
- Calkins v. LongNew York Supreme Court · 1855
- Wallace v. BassettNew York Supreme Court · 1863
- Crain v. CavanaNew York Supreme Court · 1862
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