Legal Opinion

Carter v. Carter

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 15, 1810PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This was a libel for a divorce a vinculo for adultery. On the hearing, it came out that the parties were married in Philadelphia in 1795, that they resided there several years after the marriage, and that the adultery, and a consequent separation, took place there; some time after which the libellant removed to Boston, where he now resides. The wife has never been within the commonwealth.

1Per curiam

The statute gives us no jurisdiction of a case thus circumstanced. The libel must be dismissed.

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Harding v. AldenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1832
  2. Clark v. ClarkSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1835
  3. Brett v. BrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1842
  4. Hopkins v. HopkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807