Stuart v. Stuart

This suit is instituted to obtain a divorce for the cause of adultery. The adultery is charged to have been committed with one Baum in the year 1865,. and with one Buchanan in the year 1876.

Of the commission of adultery with Baum there is very positive evidence from Baum himself, with strong corroborative circumstances and partial confessions proved by others. But the bill was not filed until after a lapse of twelve years, during which time the parties had co-habited together as husband and wife, and this great delay obviously calls for some explanation.

The explanation which is given by the…