Newman v. Newman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel fob divobce, filed July 12, 1910. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Quinn, J., who ordered a decree nisi for the libellant. The libellee alleged exceptions, raising the two questions which are stated in the opinion. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Two questions are raised, both of evidence.
I. It appeared that the libellant had previously brought a libel for divorce against the present libellee, and the record showed that it had been dismissed. Nevertheless, at the hearing on this present libel, the presiding judge, against the exception of the libellee, “permitted evidence to be introduced as to matters testified to in the former case in so far as the same might indicate an adulterous disposition on the part of the libellee.” It is urged by the libellee that by the former judgment, which was in her favor, the libellant was shut off…
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