Newson v. Newson

The litigants were man and wife. The sole issue of their marriage was a minor child, Lenore. Evelyn Newson, who was five years of age when the plaintiff, on October 2,1931, obtained a judgment against the defendant granting him a separation “a mensa et thoro.” In this judgment the defendant was awarded the custody of the child from October 1st to March 31st of each year, and the plaintiff was awarded the custody of the child from April 1st to September 30th of each year.

On April 15,1932, the defendant filed a petition in which she alleges various substantial reasons why the court should…