 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1822 - 600 σελίδες
...the tenant in dower, who vouches the heir on a warranty of his ancestor, must recover of the heir, according to the value of the land, at the time of the alienation, it would be unreasonable that the widow should recover of the tenant according to any other value.... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, Esek Cowen - 1824 - 828 σελίδες
...April 7, 1 806, ( 1 'RL 60.) The 1st sec6 tion of this statute provides, that dower shall be assigned according to the value of the land, at the time of the alienation. This introduces a new rule, varying the rights of the parties. At common law, the inherent rise of... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Richard Wordsworth Gill - 1829 - 584 σελίδες
...9th of November 1815. 2. Mrs. M' Comas, if entitled at all to dower in the land, was only entitled to the value of the land at the time of the alienation. Humphrey v Phinney, 2 Johns. Rep. 484. Dorchester v Hasbrouck, 11 Johns. Rep. 510. Shaw v White, 13... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1851 - 694 σελίδες
...alienee of the husband can put what improvements he pleases on the land ; the widow gets dower only according to the value of the land at the time of the alienation. A purchaser from the husband knows he buys subject to the wife's inchoate right of dower, and the widow... | |
 | James Kent - 1830 - 556 σελίδες
...without giving it any such qualification ; and ey confined the widow to her dower computed accordng to the value of the land at the time of the alienation, hough it had arisen greatly in value afterwards, exclusive of buildings erected by the alienee. The... | |
 | William Burge - 1838 - 878 σελίδες
...authorities, (6) In New York the very point arose and was discussed in Dorchester v. Coventry, (c) and the court adhered to the general rule, without giving it any such qualification; and confined the widow to her dower, computed according to the value of the land at the time of the alienation,... | |
 | William Burge - 1838 - 876 σελίδες
...States, (e) In cases of alienation by the husband, the general rule is that the widow takes her dower, according to the value of the land, at the time of the alienation, and not (a) Conner v. Shepherd, 15 Mass. Rep. 164. Johnson v. Perley, 2 New Hampshire Rep. 56. Griffith's... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 798 σελίδες
...ancient authorities. In New-York, the very point arose, and was discussed, in Dorchester v. Corentryf and the court adhered to the general rule, without...qualification ; and they confined the widow to her dower, com*68 puted according *to the value of the land at the time of the alienation, though it had risen... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1851 - 696 σελίδες
...alienee of the husband can put what improvements he pleases on the land ; the widow gets dower only according to the value of the land at the time of the alienation. A purchaser from the husband knows he buys subject to the wife's inchoate right of dower, and the widow... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1852 - 722 σελίδες
...and declares it to be the ancient and settled rule of the common law, that the widow takes her dower according to the value of the land at the time of the alienation, and not according to its subsequent or improved value, though he assented as to the right of the dowress... | |
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... according to the value of the land at the time of the alienation, though it had risen greatly in value afterwards, exclusive of buildings erected by the alienee. The same doctrine was followed in Shaw v. White, and the language of the statute to which... 
