New York Supreme Court September 4, 1848 (Wait v. Wait)

lead-opinion

By the Court, Hand, J.

This case presents the distinct question, whether, after a dissolution of the marriage by a decree of the court of chancery of this state, for the adultery of the husband, the complainant in that suit, after the death of the defendant, can have dower of the lands of which he was seised during coverture ?