Clark v. Clark
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Libel for a divorce, alleging that the libellant was lawfully married to Mary Ann Adams, at Dover, September 10, 1835, and that he hath uniformly kept his marriage covenants ; but that said Mary Ann, regardless, &c., did unnecessarily, without sufficient cause, and against the consent of the libellant, leave him on the 28th of February, 1836 ; and has, from that day hitherto, refused to cohabit with him, unnecessarily, and without sufficient cause, and against his consent.
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Libel for a divorce, alleging that the libellant was lawfully married to Mary Ann Adams, at Dover, September 10, 1835, and that he hath uniformly kept his marriage covenants ; but that said Mary Ann, regardless, &c., did unnecessarily, without sufficient cause, and against the consent of the libellant, leave him on the 28th of February, 1836 ; and has, from that day hitherto, refused to cohabit with him, unnecessarily, and without sufficient cause, and against his consent. The libellee acknowledged personal notice, but made no defence. The evidence tended to show that on the 29th of February,…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
This is one among a number of* applications under the statute of July 6, 1839, to regulate divorces, and providing, among other causes, that “ Where either of the parties shall unnecessarily, without sufficient cause, and against the consent of the other, leave the other, or has heretofore left the other, and shall unnecessarily, and without sufficient cause, refuse, or has heretofore refused, to cohabit with the other, for the space of three years together, it shall be deemed and taken to be a sufficient cause of divorce, provided such cause shall continue to exist at the time when the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Woart v. WinnickSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1826
- Barber v. RootMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Merrill v. SherburneSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1818
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. WoodwardSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1817
- Town of Londonderry v. Town of ChesterSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1820
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- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1992
- Doe v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
- McGinley v. McGinleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Lozier v. Brown CompanySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
- Willard v. HarveySuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1852
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