Legal Opinion

Young v. Young

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 15, 1808PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The libel, in this case, charged upon the respondent extreme cruelty, and also adultery, and prayed for a divorce a vinculo, or such other decree relative to the premises as to the Court should seem just and lawful.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court

sustained the libel, and upon the evidence refused a divorce a vinculo, and decreed a divorce a mensa et thora.

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Buckner v. Finley & Van LearSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  2. Wagner v. WagnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  3. Fera v. FeraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  4. Stokes v. StokesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1823