Christiansen v. Christiansen

This is a petition for divorce. It was denied by a justice of the superior court, and petitioner thereupon duly prosecuted to this court his exception to that decision.

The only ground for divorce relied on by the petitioner was that he and respondent had lived separate and apart from each other for the space of at least ten years. General laws 1938, chapter 416, § 3. The petition was filed July 17, 1941. The petitioner’s evidence was meager, and no evidence was submitted on behalf of the respondent.

It appeared, in substance, that the parties were married November 26, 1920 and had four…