Tyler v. Tyler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce, on the ground of extreme cruelty. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Fessenden, J., the following facts were agreed between the parties. The libellant was formerly the wife of George Wilton of Lawrence, and lived there with him.
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Libel for divorce, on the ground of extreme cruelty. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Fessenden, J., the following facts were agreed between the parties. The libellant was formerly the wife of George Wilton of Lawrence, and lived there with him. Upon his application for a divorce on the ground of desertion, a decree nisi was entered on April 19, 1885, which was made absolute on October 12. 1887. On October 25, 1887, while Wilton was still living, she and the present libellee went to Salem, New Hampshire, where they were married, and returned the same day to Lawrence, and have since…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This case, on the facts appearing in the exceptions, is governed by Pub. Sts. c. 145, §§ 4 and 10, and c. 146, § 22. The case is not within St. 1895, c. 427, and St. 1896, c. 499, and these statutes were not intended to repeal Pub. Sts. c. 145, § 10. It is competent for the Legislature of the Commonwealth to regulate by statute the marriage of persons domiciled within the Commonwealth, although the' general rule of law is that a marriage valid in the place where it is celebrated is valid everywhere. The provisions of statute applicable to the present case declare that “ the marriage shall be…
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