Coles v. Coles
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
' [The -petiiicrn ’for a divorce in this case, was filed in the equity side of Baltimore County Court, on the 1st of February, T850\ and states that the petitioner was married to the defendant on. the 29th of November, 1849, and lived with him as his wife un't’il the 28th of January, 1850, sedulously fulfilling her duties as such.
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' [The -petiiicrn ’for a divorce in this case, was filed in the equity side of Baltimore County Court, on the 1st of February, T850\ and states that the petitioner was married to the defendant on. the 29th of November, 1849, and lived with him as his wife un't’il the 28th of January, 1850, sedulously fulfilling her duties as such. That within a fortnight after their intermarriage, her husband began ill treatment of her, by the most abusive language, and has continued such treatment, indulging in the most intemperate, unprovoked and terrifying outbreaks of passion, that recently, when the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
This case comes before the court upon the petition of the complainant filed on the 4th of January last, praying for alimony, pendente lite, and for means to defray the cost and expenses of the suit. The cause originated in a bill filed by the petitioner on the equity side of Baltimore County Court, on the *3461st of February, 1850, asking for a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, upon the grounds in said bill set forth. It may turn out that the grounds upon which the interposition of the court is asked in the original bill, are not sufficient, even if established by the clearest proof,…
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