20 Wend. 100 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1838
The only question in the case material to notice is, whether the plaintiff is bound by the proceedings in partition, her husband alone being a party thereto. He was tenant by the curtesy initiate, and at most had but an interest for life in the premises, and upon general principles could do nothing to the prejudice of the estate of the reversioner. The partition may have been valid to the extent of his interest, or during his lifetime, but beyond that period the proceedings are clearly nugatory, unless there is something in the statute specially affecting the interest of the wife.
The proceedings were instituted under the 15th section of the
New trial denied.