N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1024: Damages apportioned between heir and alienee

§ 1024. Damages apportioned between heir and alienee. Where a widow

recovers dower in real property aliened by the heir of her husband, she

may recover, in a separate action against him, her damages for

withholding her dower, from the time of the death of her husband to the

time of the alienation, not exceeding six years in the whole. The sum

recovered from him must be deducted from the sum which she would

otherwise be entitled to recover from the grantee; and any sum recovered

as damages from the grantee, must be deducted from the sum, which she

would otherwise be entitled to recover from the heir.