Lynch v. Lynch

The evidence clearly shows that at the time of the marriage of the above named parties the petitioner had a husband living, who is still alive, and that they have never been divorced. The respondent prior to his marriage with the petitioner obtained for, and gave to her, a paper purporting to be a decree of divorce from her husband, but which was of no validity. Upon the strength of the same and his representations to her she married bim and they lived together as man and wife for many years. For the past ten years they have not cohabited. The petitioner applied for a divorce from the…