Adams v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for a writ of supplicavit, by the wife of Samuel Adams, setting forth that they were married in 1838, and had three children, two of whom were now of full age, and the third a girl eight years old; that the respondent committed acts of violence upon the person of the petitioner on various days between February 11,1866, and October 31, 1866, putting her in danger of life and limb, and compelling her to fly from his house; that, in consequence of his said acts…
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Petition for a writ of supplicavit, by the wife of Samuel Adams, setting forth that they were married in 1838, and had three children, two of whom were now of full age, and the third a girl eight years old; that the respondent committed acts of violence upon the person of the petitioner on various days between February 11,1866, and October 31, 1866, putting her in danger of life and limb, and compelling her to fly from his house; that, in consequence of his said acts committed on the day last named, he was, upon her complaint, required by the municipal court of the city of Boston to give…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of supplicavit, addressed to us as a court of chancery. The petitioner alleges and proves such acts as would be sufficient to support a libel for divorce from bed and board for his cruel and abusive treatment of her. She also alleges and proves that she has conscientious scruples against applying for a divorce.
No writ of supplicavit has ever issued from this court. The *370novelty of the application makes it necessary to examine into the origin and character of the process. A full account of it is given in Fitzherbert, N. B. 79. It appears that it was a writ de…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Codd v. CoddNew York Court of Chancery · 1816
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