McCraw v. McCraw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce, for the cause of gross and confirmed habits of intoxication. The libellee did not appear. Trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., who ordered the libel dismissed, and, at the request of the libellant, reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
It must be shown by competent proof that the gross and confirmed habits of intoxication, which Pub. Sts. c. 146, § 1, make a ground for divorce, exist when the libel is filed, and *147if they then no longer exist a divorce cannot be granted, although it is shown that such habits have existed during the coverture. Burt v. Burt, 168 Mass. 204. In the present case it was proved that the libellee had contracted gross and confirmed habits of intoxication after marriage, and that he had not reformed during the year after the libellant separated from him, and that his habits continued during that year,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burt v. BurtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
3Cited by7 opinions
- Jenkins v. JenkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Singer v. MarxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Simonds v. SimondsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- Callan v. CallanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Gowey v. GoweyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.