Case ID: root_1/html/0244-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
    JANUARY TERM, A. D. 1791.
    Rose et al. v. Hays.
    Tenant by the curtesy liable for waste.
    Action of waste by the heirs-at-law against tenant by' the curtesy. General issue to the jury.
    Verdict for the plaintiffs and £30 damages.
    The law question made in this case was — Whether a tenant by the curtesy was liable for waste.
   By the Court.

He is, and upon the same principle, in point of reason and justice as tenant in dower.