Laccetti v. Laccetti

In this divorce case, the court below, while finding that the wife had proved her husband’s adultery, held that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the wife also had committed adultery and that therefore she was barred from the relief she prayed. We disagree.

The wife, Katherine May Laccetti, the appellant, filed suit against her husband, Alfonso Laccetti, the appellee, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, praying for a divorce a vinculo. In her bill the wife alleged that she and her husband had both been residents of Montgomery County for more than one year preceding the filing…