Legal Opinion

Fagan v. Fagan

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 15, 1945PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment for the defendant on his cross-complaint. The latter was divorced from the plaintiff on the grounds of intolerable cruelty and habitual intemperance. The plaintiff’s appeal from the judgment for the defendant on her complaint was abandoned.

A detailed rehearsal of the marital difficulties of these parties would serve no useful purpose. The trial court concluded that the plaintiff was both intolerably cruel and habitually intemperate to the point that the public and personal objects of matrimony have been destroyed beyond rehabilitation, and that the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Morrill v. MorrillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  2. Kelsey v. GreenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
  3. Dennis v. DennisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
  4. State v. CareySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
  5. Swist v. SwistSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. William H. Hernstadt v. Sharon S. HernstadtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  2. Krasnow v. KrasnowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  3. Hurtado v. HurtadoConnecticut Appellate Court · 1988
  4. Sullivan v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
  5. Pratt v. Curt ReuterSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1957

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