Sheehan v. Sheehan
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on petition for divorce ex parte.
1Opinion of the Court
Garrison, V. C.
The petition in this canse is for' a divorce on the ground of desertion.
The evidence discloses that there is a child and that the wife is wholly without means of support. The petition does not mention the fact that there is a child, and does not pray for any support for the wife or child.
The testimony showed that the husband gave the lawyer of the wife $125 before this suit was brought for the purpose of compensating him for bringing a divorce suit against the husband on the wife’s behalf and securing a decree against the husband.
*412Shortly after the marriage the husband failed to…
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- Gentry v. GentryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
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