Blankenship v. Blankenship

OPINION

The petition for a rehearing is very extensive, and a large part of it is devoted to the presentation of the point that the judgments of the California courts cannot be considered as conclusive or any evidence of the recriminatory defense on the part of the wife, which we held barred the respondent from a decree of divorce. The point is argued with great earnestness and singular dexterity; but we are unable to consider it as a ground for a rehearing, for the reason that it was not advanced in the brief of counsel for respondent on the original hearing or in their oral argument. It is…