Foy v. . Foy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Carteret County, at the Fall Term, 1851, his Honor Judge Dick, presiding. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court, The amendment ought not to have been allowed, especially without being sworn to by the petitioner.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Carteret County, at the Fall Term, 1851, his Honor Judge Dick, presiding. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court, The amendment ought not to have been allowed, especially without being sworn to by the petitioner. The Statute requires, that the petitioner shall state and swear, that the facts, the grounds of her complaint, have existed, to her knowledge, at least six months before the filing of her petition ; and these facts are to be particularly and specially set forth in the petition. These stringent provisions would seem to exclude the…
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
This is a petition for a divorce. The Court granted a divorce, and from this decree the defendant appealed. The facts were these. The parties were married in January, 1844, and lived together until June of that year, when, as the petitioner alleges, the defendant committed the crime of forgery, and his guilt being discovered soon thereafter, he abandoned “ and deserted your petitioner', and left her dependant upon the care and protection of her mother, with whom she has lived ever since “ that since your petitioner was thus deserted by the husband, he has lived in the county of Jones, keeping…
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