N.Y. Real Property Law § 194: Surplus proceeds of sale under purchase-money mortgages

§ 194. Surplus proceeds of sale under purchase-money mortgages.

Where, in a case specified in the last section, the mortgagee, or a

person claiming under him, causes the land mortgaged to be sold, after

the death of the husband, either under a power of sale contained in the

mortgage, or by virtue of a judgment in an action to foreclose the

mortgage, and any surplus remains, after payment of the money due on the

mortgage and the costs and charges of the sale, the widow is

nevertheless entitled to the interest or income of one-third part of the

surplus for her life, as her dower.