New York Court of Appeals

Hannah Tobias, Respondent v. Henrietta Ketchum and Others, Appellants

March 5, 186532 N.Y. 319

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court's verdict and ordered a new trial, holding that the testator's provisions for his widow were a provision in lieu of dower and thus barred her dower claim, and that the executors were trustees vested with legal title, making the dower claim inconsistent with the will.