Legal Opinion

Burnham v. Burnham

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 22, 1962PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Decree dismissing libel affirmed. Decree dismissing petition to vacate decree affirmed. This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel for divorce for cruel and abusive treatment and an appeal from a decree dismissing the libellant’s petition to vacate the decree dismissing the libel. The evidence is reported. The judge made a report of material facts. From an examination of the evidence it appears that the findings of the judge were based on conflicting oral testimony. We cannot say that they are plainly wrong. Whitney v. Whitney, 325 Mass. 28. Young v. Young, 333 Mass. 767. The petition…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Whitney v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  2. Young v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Clifford v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968

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