Ralston v. Ralston

Layton, Judge.

Section 3516 of the Revised Code of Delaware 1935, provides in effect that a divorce should not be granted based alone upon an admission of the defendant. The statute was obviously designed to prevent collusion in obtaining divorces. It does not render admissions against interest on the part of a defendant inadmissible, but rather requires that the decree shall not be made unless there is other competent evidence to establish the cause. Bancroft v. Bancroft, 4 Boyce 9, 10, 85 A. 561. And it has been long settled that the record in a criminal case reflecting a plea of guilty by…