Jones v. Jones
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Libel eor. Divorce, alleging that the parties were lawfully married August 14, 1882; that they commenced living together as man and wife August 19, and lived together until August 25, 1882; that on the day last named the defendant charged the plaintiff with the crime of bigamy, told him that he had no right to marry her because he had a wife living, and said she would never live with him again; that in company with her father and brother she left him, taking with her all his…
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Libel eor. Divorce, alleging that the parties were lawfully married August 14, 1882; that they commenced living together as man and wife August 19, and lived together until August 25, 1882; that on the day last named the defendant charged the plaintiff with the crime of bigamy, told him that he had no right to marry her because he had a wife living, and said she would never live with him again; that in company with her father and brother she left him, taking with her all his clothing and underclothing; that he has never seen her since, nor has she restored to him his property up to the time…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
It is contended that the defendant’s cofiduct in the particulars alleged comes within the true construction of the statute making “extreme cruelty of either party to the other” (Gr. L., c. 182, s. 3) a cause for divorce. It is not charged that the defendant has inflicted or offered violence to the person of her husband, by blows or force, or threatened to do him bodily harm. It is not even charged that the conduct of the defendant has occasioned the plaintiff bodily or mental injury; but such, we understand, is his position. The question then is, whether abuse which operates on the mind, and…
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- Briggs v. BriggsMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Bailey v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Gholston v. GholstonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
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3Cited by3 opinions
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