Osgood v. Osgood
New York Court of Chancery
These were cross suits, brought by the husband and wife ¡against each other, both claiming a dissolution of the marriage, on the ground of adultery. In the first suit, the wife put in an answer, without oath, denying the adultery charged against her in the bill, and making recriminatory allegations
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The affidavits produced on the part of the husband, before the vice chancellor, presented a strong case against the wife ; and if those affidavits are true, she h¡as no claim or pretence to be furnished with money, from the husband’s daily earnings, to carry on this litigation. But in the case of L. Wood v. C. Wood, (Ante, 108,) this court held that the question as to the wife’s guilt, could not be decided upon conflicting affidavits, on an application like the present. The case of Perkins v. Perkins, decided in September, 1828, was disposed of on a different principle. It is…
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