Platt v. Platt
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of absolute divorce. The plaintiff obtained an absolute divorce from the defendant, and the defendant appealed, on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the court in convicting the defendant of adultery.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, J.
The only evidence offered upon the part of the plaintiff in support of the charge of adultery was the evidence of Katie Green and Margaret Brown, two women who had been for a sei'ies of years servants in a house of ill fame, kept by a Mrs. Chadwick, at 187 Lexington avenue. Their present residence and occupation is not given.
Katie Green says that she has seen the defendant there more than once occasionally, she thinks three or four times a week. She can’t say positively how often. She could not say that she ever saw defendant go into Ella’s room (Ella being the person with whom the adultery…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Moller v. . MollerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Steffens v. SteffensNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1890
- Enders v. EndersNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- People ex rel. Sheldon v. CurtinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912