Zeitlin v. Zeitlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition filed in the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex on October 3, 1906, to vacate a decree of divorce, which was entered nisi in that court on March 8,1905, and which became absolute on September 8, 1905. The petition was heard by Fessenden, J., who allowed the petition and vacated the decree and, the respondent appealing, reported the case for determination by this court.
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Petition filed in the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex on October 3, 1906, to vacate a decree of divorce, which was entered nisi in that court on March 8,1905, and which became absolute on September 8, 1905. The petition was heard by Fessenden, J., who allowed the petition and vacated the decree and, the respondent appealing, reported the case for determination by this court. His report stated, among other facts, the following: The alleged ground for the divorce was desertion. “ The libel was properly brought in Middlesex county on May 5, 1904, was uncontested, and was heard and…
1Opinion of the CourtKetowltost, C. J.
This is a petition to vacate a decree of divorce obtained by the respondent against the petitioner. The jurisdiction of the court that granted the divorce, both over the case and the parties, was perfect. The ground on which the petition rests is that the case for a divorce was made out at the hearing by perjured testimony, knowingly procured by the libellant. The only question presented is whether a decree of divorce so obtained should be vacated upon proof of the fraud practised upon the court.
It is in the interests of justice that, after a trial and final judgment in a case, the matters…
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