Legal Opinion

Culver v. Culver

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided February 15, 1884PublishedCited by 2 opinions

On final hearing on petition, answer and proofs taken before a master.

1Opinion of the Court

Van Fleet, V. C.

The petitioner seeks a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery. Adultery with three different men is charged, but no attempt has been made to prove the fact except with two of them. The evidence is both direct and circumstantial, and, if believed, fully establishes both charges. But the most material and decisive part of that which support one of the charges proceeds *164from a source so impure and untrustworthy that I am unable to say I believe it, or that the oharge is proved by a sufficient weight of evidence to entitle the petitioner to a decree. Besides, both the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pfender v. PfenderNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1929
  2. Johnson v. JohnsonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926

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