Legal Opinion

Brokaw v. Brokaw

New York Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Action for a legal separation.

1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.

It is not necessary for the court, in declaring its decision, to review the twenty-four or more distinct charges set forth in the complaint, or the recriminatory matters pleaded in the answer or brought out during the hearing. Although the plaintiff was limited to the acts specified in the *309complaint, evidence has been received from the defendant’s side so widely as to cover nearly the entire history of the marriage relations of the parties to this action down to their final separation on December 15, 1908.

The law of ¡New York does not grant a separation for incompatibility, abusive epithets,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Magrath v. MagrathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gray v. GrayNew York Supreme Court · 1914

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