Boyd v. De La Montainge

This action was brought by Caroline De La •Montaigne, the defendant’s wife, to annul the assignments made *434of a leasehold estate by her to A. Oakey Hall, and from him to the defendant. She intermarried with the defendant in December, 1847, and they lived together as husband and wife until the year 1860. Ho formal separation then or afterward took place, but it is plain from the evidence that the preceding ardor of his affection for his wife after that time very sensibly declined until the present action was commenced, in 1867. Since that time, their relations were hostile and unfriendly up to…