Frank v. Frank's Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

Prom a judgment of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court holding that the tavern and apartment at 1371 Springfield Avenue, Irvington, standing in the name of the defendant corporation are subject to the plaintiff’s consummate right of dower, the defendants appealed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. We certified the appeal on our own motion.

The premises in question were acquired by Joseph Prank, Sr., on December 1, 1926, subject to a mortgage then held by the Perfection Building and Loan Association. In March, 1934,…