Legal Opinion

Haddock v. Haddock

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 16, 1906No. 119PublishedCited by 556 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involved the full'faith and credit to be given by the courts of the Staté of New York to a decree of divorce, obtained in Connecticut by the husband, formerly a resident of New York, from his wife still residing in New .York, , based,on substituted service'of the summons, are stated in. the opinion. ’ '

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

The plaintiff in error will be called the husband and the defendant in error the wife. '

The wife, a resident of the State of New York, sued the husband in that .State in 1899, and -there obtained personal service upon him.. The complaint charged .that the parties had been married in New York in 1868, where they both resided and where the wife continued to reside, and it was averred that the . husband, immediately following the marriage, abandoned the wife, and thereafter failed to support her, .and that he was the owner of property. A decree of separation from bed and-board and for alimony…

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