| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 630 pages
...occupies the mansion-house. Our act provides that it shall be lawful for the widow to remain in, and to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, until her dower be Craige v. Morris. assigned to her, without being liable to pay... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 746 pages
...Spinning. " That until dower be assigned to her, it shall be lawful for the widow to remain in, and to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay any rent for the same." Sev. p. S20 \ S. The purpose... | |
| Charles Harvey Scribner - Dower - 1867 - 860 pages
...her dower is assigned. This is the case in New Jersey, where by statute the widow has a right " to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging until her dower be assigned."2 It is held that the right thus given to the widow... | |
| Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - Court rules - 1868 - 1198 pages
...purpose. 2. Until such dower be assigned to her, it shall be lawful for the widow to remain in, and to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay any rent for the same. 3. If the widow be deforced of... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1872 - 688 pages
...provided that until her dower be assigned to her, it shall be lawful for the widow to remain in and to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay McLaughlin r. McLaugblin. any rent for the same. The... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1164 pages
...to remain in and hold and enjoy the mansion of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay any rent for the same." The facts are as follows: The widow, Sarah McKaig, owned in her own right a farm, upon which was a dwelling... | |
| Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - Real property - 1897 - 800 pages
...to remain in and hold and enjoy the mansion of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay any rent for the same." The facts are as follows : The widow, Sarah McKaig, owned in her own right a farm, upon which was a dwelling... | |
| Reuben Knox - Married women - 1912 - 572 pages
...occupies the mansion-house. Our act provides that it shall be lawful for the widow to remain in, and to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, until her dower be assigned to her, without being liable to pay any rent therefor.... | |
| William Livesey Burdick - Real property - 1914 - 686 pages
...to remain in and hold and enjoy the mansion of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereto belonging, without being liable to pay any rent for the same." The facts are as follows : The widow, Sarah McKaig, owned in her own right a farm, upon which was a dwelling... | |
| Mississippi. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 890 pages
...own statute, referred to, the supreme court of that state have decided that the widow has a right to hold and enjoy the mansion-house of her husband, and the messuage or plantation thereunto belonging, until her dower be assigned her, and the court, in delivering its opinion, say : "And the estate thus... | |
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