Legal Opinion

Mansfield v. Mansfield

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 15, 1816PublishedCited by 8 opinions

This was a libel for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony, for the adultery of the husband.

1Opinion of the Court

The husband having been called, and no appearance entered for him, the Court heard the evidence of the marriage of the parties, and proof of the adultery, as charged in the libel. But, it being suggested by a friend of the Court, * that, since the commission of the crime, the husband had become insane, the Court ordered the default to be set aside, and the libel to be continued ; observing to the proctor for the libellant, that, if so advised, she might, during the vacation, procure the appointment of a guardian to her husband in the Probate Court, and, upon the appearance of such guardian in…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Garnett v. GarnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
  2. Harrigan v. HarriganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Ohlweiler v. OhlweilerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  4. In Re Estate of M. D. FoleyNevada Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Storrs v. StorrsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894

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