Case Name: Palmer, widow, &c. demandant, against Horton, tenant
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799-01
Citations: 1 Johns. Cas. 27
Docket Number: 
Parties: Palmer, widow, &c. demandant, against Horton, tenant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 30–30

Head Matter:
Palmer, widow, &c. demandant, against Horton, tenant.
The wife of a person attainted, under the act of the 22d October, 1779, is .entitled to dower out of the estate of her husband, which has become forfeited.-
In dower : Palmer, the late husband of the demandant, was attainted, in pursuance of the act of the legislature of this state, entitled, “ an act for the forfeiture and sale of the estates of persons, who have adhered to the enemies of this state,” passed the 22d October, 1779, and tiis estate was there- : by forfeited to the people, of this state. The demandant, in this case, claimed to be endowed of the premises in question, Which are a part of the real estate so forfeited.
Ogden, for the defendant.
Hoffman, for the tenant.

Opinion:
The Court,
without hearing an argument, gave judgment for the demandant, and said they had frequently de[*28] cided, *in this court that the forfeiture of the estate of the husband, in pursuance of the act above mentioned, .did not forfeit the wife's right of dower.
Judgment for demandant.