Perkins v. Perkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce filed on November 24, 1915. The case was heard by Morton, J., without a jury. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Libel for divorce filed on November 24, 1915. The case was heard by Morton, J., without a jury. The evidence is described in the opinion. The libellee asked the judge to make the following rulings: "1. That if the libellee in good faith left this Commonwealth to become and did become a citizen, of the State of Georgia and after he had settled there he brought a libel for divorce in the courts of the State of Georgia having jurisdiction of the subject matter of divorce and then complied with the laws of Georgia, as to service of process upon the libellant in this case and she did not appear…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a libel filed in November, 1915, praying for divorce on the ground of desertion continued for three consecutive years next preceding the libel. The libellee set up in answer a decree for divorce obtained by him in Georgia on October 5, 1914. The pertinent facts as found by the judge are that the libellant and libellee were married and lived in this Commonwealth as their domicil until the summer of 1912, when the libellee deserted the libellant without letting her know his place of abode, and she remained in ignorance on that point until his return to this State late in 1914. He left…
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