Alt v. Kwiatek

This is a bill by a widower for the assignment of his curtesy in lands of which his wife died seized.

In 1911, there were conveyed to decedent and her first husband, Frank Kwiatek, as tenants by the entirety, two lots which became her sole property on his death January 1st, 1934. She married complainant June 21st, 1935. Since decedent and complainant had no children, he is not entitled to curtesy under the old law, but only by virtue of the statute which became effective January 1st, 1929, R.S. 3:37-2. Defendants argue that the right to curtesy is determined by the law in effect at the time…