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.