Dietrick v. Dietrick
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Advisory Master Charles J. Roe.
1Opinion of the Court
*561The opinion of the court was delivered by
Trenchard, J.
This is the appeal of Christine Dietrick from a final decree in her favor in a divorce proceeding which, although granting her a divorce on the ground of the adultery of her husband, denied her permanent alimony.
We are of the opinion that the learned advisory master erred in not awarding alimony.
He declined to do so because the wife was possessed of a house and lot given her by her husband during coverture. But that fact did not justify such refusal in the circumstances of the present case.
An examination of our Divorce act (Comp. Stat. p.…
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