Feldman v. Feldman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce, filed on November 16, 1916, alleging as cause cruel and abusive treatment on the part of the libellee. The libel was heard by Dubuque, J., and a decree nisi was entered on January 26, 1917. On July 25, 1917, the libellee filed a document with the title “Objections to Entry of Absolute Decree,” which set out as “cause of such objections” the following: “1. That in the granting of said decree the court was misled and deceived.
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Libel for divorce, filed on November 16, 1916, alleging as cause cruel and abusive treatment on the part of the libellee. The libel was heard by Dubuque, J., and a decree nisi was entered on January 26, 1917. On July 25, 1917, the libellee filed a document with the title “Objections to Entry of Absolute Decree,” which set out as “cause of such objections” the following: “1. That in the granting of said decree the court was misled and deceived. “2. That said decree was procured by false and perjured testimony introduced by the libellant. “3. That since the granting of said decree new evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
“Decrees of divorce shall in the first instance be decrees nisi, and shall become absolute after the expiration of six months from the entry thereof, unless the court before the expiration of said, period) for sufficient cause, upon application of any party interested, otherwise orders.” R. L. c. 152, § 18. Divorce Rule 6 of the Superior Court provides: “At any time before the expiration of six months from the granting of a decree of divorce nisi, the libellee, or any other party interested, may file in the office of the clerk for the county in which the libel is pending, a statement of…
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