Forrest v. Forrest
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a further judgment or decree awarding permanent alimony to the plaintiff, after a judgment in her favor for divorce. This action was brought in 1850 for a divorce, which the plaintiff sought on the ground of defendant’s adultery. Various proceedings in the cause have been heretofore reported. The plaintiff obtained a judgment for a divorce in 1852, which awarded her an allowance of alimony upon certain conditions.
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Appeal from a further judgment or decree awarding permanent alimony to the plaintiff, after a judgment in her favor for divorce. This action was brought in 1850 for a divorce, which the plaintiff sought on the ground of defendant’s adultery. Various proceedings in the cause have been heretofore reported. The plaintiff obtained a judgment for a divorce in 1852, which awarded her an allowance of alimony upon certain conditions. Upon appeals by both parties this judgment was, by the General Term in 1856, affirmed as to the divorce, but set aside in respect to alimony. (6 Dner, 102.) As to this…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—Woodruff, J.
On the thirty-first day of January, 1852, a judgment was rendered in this Court *651dissolving the contract of marriage between the parties to this suit.
On the defendant’s appeal to the General Term, that judgment was, on the twenty-fourth of July, 1856,* and upon a review of all the proceedings theretofore had in the cause which such appeal brought before the Oourt, duly affirmed, except so far as it fixed the amount of alimony to be paid by the defendant, and the times and manner of payment, the security to be given therefor and the conditions thereof imposed on the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burr v. BurrNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
- Apthorp v. ComstockNew York Court of Chancery · 1829
- Forrest v. ForrestThe Superior Court of New York City · 1856
- Rose v. RoseNew York Court of Chancery · 1844
- Thornberry v. ThornberryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
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- Brown v. BrownThe Superior Court of New York City · 1865
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- Galusha v. GalushaNew York Supreme Court · 1887