Tuthill v. Townley

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Tuthill v. Townley

1 N.J.L. 242

DecidedNovember 15, 1794

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Tuthill v. Townley, 1 N.J.L. 242 (N.J. 1794).

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Per Curiam.

Under the law as it now stands, the deed of a feme covert accompanied by an acknowledgment, and a private examination to ascertain her voluntary acquiescence in the conveyance, is sufficient to convey her estate, and to bar her dower. But this examination and acknowledgment are essential ingredients: — without them the deed is wholly inoperative. As the plea, therefore, does not state these facts it is defective and there must be

Judgment for demandant.

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Per Curiam.

Under the law as it now stands, the deed of a feme covert accompanied by an acknowledgment, and a private examination to ascertain her voluntary acquiescence in the conveyance, is sufficient to convey her estate, and to bar her dower. But this examination and acknowledgment are essential ingredients: — without them the deed is wholly inoperative. As the plea, therefore, does not state these facts it is defective and there must be

Judgment for demandant.

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1 N.J.L. 242, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/tuthill-v-townley-nj-1794.