Cropsey v. . Ogden
New York Court of Appeals
Ejectment, commenced in May, 1848, by Eliza Ann Ridgway to recover the undivided third of premises situate in the city of New-York, as her dower as widow of James Ridgway, deceased. The cause was tried in the superior court, before Chief Justice Oakley and a jury.
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Ejectment, commenced in May, 1848, by Eliza Ann Ridgway to recover the undivided third of premises situate in the city of New-York, as her dower as widow of James Ridgway, deceased. The cause was tried in the superior court, before Chief Justice Oakley and a jury. On the trial, the plaintiff proved that in the summer of 1825, the marriage ceremony was solemnized in the city of New-York, in due form of law, between her and James Ridgway; and that they continually resided and cohabited together as husband and wife, at said city, from the time of the marriage until his death in 1847; that at the…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
As early as 1787, (1 Gr. Laws of New- York, 428,) the legislature of this state provided for divorces upon the ground of adultery to be granted by the court of chancery. The chancellor is authorized, by sentence or decree, to pronounce the marriage between the parties to be dissolved, and both of them freed from the obligations of the same. By the 3d section of the same act it was provided, “ That after the dissolution of any marriage has been pronounced by virtue of this act, it shall not be lawful for the party convicted of adultery to remarry any person whatsoever; and that every such…
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