Legal Opinion

Feigley v. Feigley

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1855PublishedCited by 58 opinions

Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Washington county. , The original bill in this case was filed on the 7th of February 1846, by the appellee against the appellant, Isaac Feigley, for a divorce a vinculo and for alimony.

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Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Washington county. , The original bill in this case was filed on the 7th of February 1846, by the appellee against the appellant, Isaac Feigley, for a divorce a vinculo and for alimony. It alleges, in substance, the marriage of the parties in 1844; that the husband, without cause, abandoned and, deserted the wife, and led an idle and indolent life, without making any effort to support her or her children; that he was entitled to a future interest in considerable property—his share of the estate of his deceased father. The bill then prays…

1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.

The supplemental bill having been received, without objection on the part of the defendants, we.must treat it as properly a part of the case. It having reaverred the substantial allegations of the original bill, as to the Conduct of the husband, which constituted the ground of the plaintiff’s application for her divorce, we must treat the facts deposed to' by the several witnesses, as supportive of the plaintiff’s case, although most of those facts occurred subsequent to the filing of the original bill, but prior to the filing of the supplemental bill. The testimony, we think, under those…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ricketts v. RickettsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846

3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Dickey v. DickeyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1928
  2. Murray v. MurrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Campbell v. CampbellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Winkel v. WinkelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
  5. Keen v. KeenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948

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