Lorenzo v. Lorenzo

The parties were duly married on September 20, 1941, and separated on December 14,1941.

Petitioner was then already pregnant, but the child died at birth on June 21, 1942, and petitioner is still seriously disabled by pelvic disease incident to the delivery.

The parties give the lie to each other on certain facts “ of such an intimate character that necessarily the direct testimony must be oath against oath ” (Risk v. Risk, 202 App. Div. 299, 302); obviously, there is here applicable the doctrine thát “ Where truth hangs upon the credibility of the witnesses, courts should consider the…