Snyder v. Snyder
New York Supreme Court
In Equity. The bill in this cause was filed by the plaintiff for a separation from her husband, upon the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant put in his answer upon oath, in which he denied the principal allegations in the bill in respect to unkindness and improper treatment.
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In Equity. The bill in this cause was filed by the plaintiff for a separation from her husband, upon the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant put in his answer upon oath, in which he denied the principal allegations in the bill in respect to unkindness and improper treatment. The plaintiff subsequently presented her petition, in which she stated that at the time of her marriage with the defendant she owned the undivided half of a house and lot in the city of New-York, which was afterwards sold for $6000, of which the defendant had received $4000, and that for the balance he…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The first branch of the plaintiff’s application is founded upon the second section of the act for the more effectual protection of the property of married women,” passed April 7, 1848. (Laws of 1848, p. 307.) The question involved is, whether that section is intended to operate retrospectively, or whether it was intended only to apply prospectively. It is a general rule that “ no statute is to have a retrospect beyond the time of its commencement.” (6 Bac. Abr. 370.) “ In these cases,” *623said Justice Spencer, in Dash v. Van Kleeck, (7 John. 486,) referring to the rules by which courts are…
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