Legal Opinion

Conger v. . Conger

New York Court of Appeals

Decided September 21, 1880PublishedCited by 5 opinions

This was an action for divorce a vinculo, on the ground of adultery. The referee found the charge not proved, and reported in favor of a dismissal of the complaint. This report was confirmed, and judgment entered accordingly. The General Term reversed the judgment on the facts and ordered a new trial.

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This was an action for divorce a vinculo, on the ground of adultery. The referee found the charge not proved, and reported in favor of a dismissal of the complaint. This report was confirmed, and judgment entered accordingly. The General Term reversed the judgment on the facts and ordered a new trial. The court here agree with the referee, that while the evidence disclosed association, frequent interviews and intimacy between the defendant and the woman with whom he was charged with having adulterous intercourse, there was no credible evidence of improper conduct or familiarities, or of any…

1Opinion of the Court

Danforth, J.,

reads for reversal of order of General Term, and for affirmance of judgment of Special Term.

All concur; Folger, Oh. J., concurring in result.

Order reversed and judgment accordingly.

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Roth v. RothAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  2. Beadleston v. BeadlestonNew York Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Adkins v. AdkinsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
  4. Poillon v. PoillonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. People ex rel. Sheldon v. CurtinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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