The acceptance by a widow of an assignment of dower in satisfaction of her claim upon the property in question bars an action for dower and may be pleaded by any defendant.
N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 1002
The acceptance by a widow of an assignment of dower in satisfaction of her claim upon the property in question bars an action for dower and may be pleaded by any defendant.
N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 1002