Jackson v. Jackson
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action on the case, brought on a judgment Dr decree of the supreme court of judicature of the state . of Vermont. Plea non assumpsit.' . . , . , plaintiff had exhibited a petition to that court, stating her The cause was tried at the circuit held at Albany ^the 17th October, 1805, before Mr. Justice Thompson.
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THIS was an action on the case, brought on a judgment Dr decree of the supreme court of judicature of the state . of Vermont. Plea non assumpsit.' . . , . , plaintiff had exhibited a petition to that court, stating her The cause was tried at the circuit held at Albany ^the 17th October, 1805, before Mr. Justice Thompson. The plaintiff produced a copy of the decree of the supreme court of Vermont, duly authenticated, by which it appeared, that the marriage with the defendant, of Canaan, in the county of Columbia, in this state, on the 21st September, 1800; and that on account of the ill…
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
After stating the facts, in the case, he proceeded :
The laws of Vermont are to be considered as part of the case ; it appears that the supreme court of that state, had jurisdiction given to them, by a statute of the 28th of February, 1797, to grant bills of divorce, for several enumerated causes, among which is intolerable severity, and to allow alimony. By another statute, passed the 12th of November, 1802, it is provided, that no bill of divorce shall be granted, unless one of the parties has resided within that state one year previous to the granting of such divorce ; the latter act was…
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