Dolf v. Basset
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of dower, for the recovery of dower in certain lands in the town of Chatham, in Columbia county. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Van Ness, at the Columbia circuit, in September, 1816. Simon Dolf, a witness on the part of the demandant, testified that he was acquainted with the farm formerly in the possession of Jonathan Dolf, the husband of the demandant, which contained 150 acres, besides the part that after-wards got of Stephen Hare ; that Jonathan…
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THIS was an action of dower, for the recovery of dower in certain lands in the town of Chatham, in Columbia county. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Van Ness, at the Columbia circuit, in September, 1816. Simon Dolf, a witness on the part of the demandant, testified that he was acquainted with the farm formerly in the possession of Jonathan Dolf, the husband of the demandant, which contained 150 acres, besides the part that after-wards got of Stephen Hare ; that Jonathan Dolf formerly lived on the farm, and that the tenant came into possession, about 20 or 22 years before the trial, under J.…
1Per curiam
This case is very obscurely drawn, and it is a little difficult to ascertain the facts necessary to decide one of the points which appears to have been made upon the trial, to wit, in what part of the farm the demandant had a right to recover dower. The better conclusion from the case is, that what is meant by the whole farm is the 150 acres purchased by Jonathan Dolf, the late husband of the demandant, and his brother Charles ; and that the defendant is in possession only of one half of that farm, being the moiety which, on a division between Charles and Jonathan, fell to the latter ; and…
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