Street v. Street

Herrmann, J.:

The plaintiff filed a petition for divorce upon the ground of desertion, alleging marriage in 1926 and desertion in 1944. The action was not defended and, after hearing on November 13, 1953, a decree nisi was granted.

On November 19, 1953, the plaintiff appeared before the Court as a party in another action. During that hearing, a woman testified that she had lived with the plaintiff as his “common law wife” from 1944 to 1953. The witness was not the defendant in this action. The Court recognized the plaintiff and took notice of the effect of the testimony upon the divorce…