Case Name: Sarah Harker against Hugh Christy
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1819-11
Citations: 5 N.J.L. 717
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sarah Harker against Hugh Christy.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 824–824

Head Matter:
Sarah Harker against Hugh Christy.
Dower.
Buie to stay waste in er'
WOODRUFF, for plaintiff,
read affidavits to prove the land of which dower was claimed, was principally woodland; and that divers persons were cutting down and carrying off the wood; and thereupon moved for a rule on defendant, and those claiming under him, to stay waste.
Den vs. Kinney, ante, 552. Ware vs. Ware, 2 Hal. Ch. 117. Brundage vs. Goodfellow, 4 Hal. Ch. 513. Scudder vs. Trenton Del. Falls Co., Sax, 694. Rogers vs. Potter, 3 Vr. 78. Haulenbeck vs. Conkright, 8 C. E. Gr. 407. Porch vs. Fries, 3 C. E. Gr. 205.

Opinion:
It was questioned by Armstrong, for defendant, whether it was proper to grant such rule in dower, where heir was unquestionably owner of the land, and entitled to its use; especially where, as in this case, it is woodland,and the widow cannot, herself, take off the wood, and therefore, no injury is done to her. But the court unanimously granted the rule.