In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: We think that the provisions of the Pennsylvania statute (Divorce *793Act of 1815, § 9; Purdon’s Pa. Stat., tit. 48, § 169) which prohibits a defendant, who has been divorced on the grounds of adultery, from contracting a marriage with the corespondent, are applicable only to a case in which the name or identity of the corespondent appears in the findings, judgment, or the evidence of the divorce proceedings (Matter of Beegle, 64 Pa. Superior Ct. 180). That is also the law in Louisiana, one of the few States that has a similar statutory prohibition against such marriages (Matter of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Succession of KnupferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Beegle's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1948