Williamson v. Parisien
New York Court of Chancery
THIS was a bill for a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, Sled by the husband against his wife, Ja.mary 15. 1813, on the ground of adultery. The plaintiff stated, that in the year 1780, then being a resident in Mew-York, he married the defendant, then Jane Lowndes, an inhabitant of Mew-York, with whom he cohabited until the year 1784; and during their cohabitation had three children by her, two of whom are still living.
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THIS was a bill for a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, Sled by the husband against his wife, Ja.mary 15. 1813, on the ground of adultery. The plaintiff stated, that in the year 1780, then being a resident in Mew-York, he married the defendant, then Jane Lowndes, an inhabitant of Mew-York, with whom he cohabited until the year 1784; and during their cohabitation had three children by her, two of whom are still living. That the plaintiff, being a mariner, in June, 1784, sailed from Mew-York for Jamaica, in the West Indies, and, from various causes and accidents, did not return to Mew York until…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The bill was filed the 15tli of January, 1813, and the answer, among other things, states that the plaintiff*1 has his residence in the island of Jamaica, where he has a house of commerce, with other possessions, and slaves.” Upon this bill and answer, a reference, upon the motion of the plaintiff, was made to a master, to in quire into the truth of the facts set forth in the bill and answer, and all questions arising thereon were reserved. Before, then, the question of adultery can be discussed, we must determine, from the facts stated in the report, whether the plaintiff had a…
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