Legal Opinion

Warren v. Warren

The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo

Decided May 15, 1894PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action by Minnie C. Warren against Lyman E. Warren for an absolute divorce, on the ground of adultery. Judgment for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.

In actions for divorce, courts must take such evidence as the nature of the case permits,—circumstantial, direct, or positive,—and bring to bear upon it the experiences and observa*314tian of life, and thus, weighing it with prudence and care, give effect to its just preponderance. Moller v. Moller, 115 N. Y. 466, 22 N. E. 169. The proof in this case is not of a direct, but circumstantial, nature, depending upon a combination of events of such a consistent and reliable character as to form a complete chain of evidence. It appears that the defendant, after separating from his wife, went to board…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pollock v. . PollockNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Moller v. . MollerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harvey v. HarveyNew York Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Hutchinson v. HutchinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Hutchinson v. HutchinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1907

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