Legal Opinion

Stratford v. . Stratford

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1885PublishedCited by 8 opinions

This was a civil action for divorce, heard before Craves, Judge, at July Special Term, 1884, of RANDOLPH Superior Court. Upon the facts appearing in the opinion of this court, His Honor continued the cause until Fall Term, 1886. From this order the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

This action is to obtain a dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, and the complaint charges one act of adultery, specifying time and place, and its repetition in general terms, afterward committed by the defendant with the same person.

The process was returnable to Spring Term, 1883, at which term a verified complaint was put in by the plaintiff, to which there has been no answer. At a special term of the court, held in July, 1884, counsel for the defendant moved for a suspension of proceedings, suggesting her lunacy, and proposed to prove the fact by an inquisition taken in due form of law on…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Harrigan v. HarriganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Andrews v. Andrews' CommitteeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
  4. Quinn v. QuinnTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Wilemon v. WilemonTexas Supreme Court · 1923

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