Rose v. Homsey

This is a bill in equity by the payee on a $25,000 promissory note against the accommodation maker, Lillian Gr. Homsey (Lillian), wife of the maker, Anton E. Homsey (Anton), to reach and apply her dower interest in certain real estate, formerly owned by Anton, but subsequently taken by the trustee in bankruptcy of Anton’s estate. The cause was heard by a master whose report was confirmed by an interlocutory decree from which no appeal was taken.

The master made the following findings of fact. On various occasions from 1953 on, the plaintiff, a garment manufacturer, lent Anton, a stockbroker,…