Oehlert v. Oehlert
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce, filed on November 22, 1917, charging adultery and praying for a divorce from the bond of matrimony and for the custody of a minor child about two years old. The case was heard' by Wait, J., who granted a decree nisi to the libellant and awarded him the custody of the minor child, and further decreed that no alimony should be awarded to the libellee. The judge reported the case for determination by this court on the facts which are stated in the opinion.
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Libel for divorce, filed on November 22, 1917, charging adultery and praying for a divorce from the bond of matrimony and for the custody of a minor child about two years old. The case was heard' by Wait, J., who granted a decree nisi to the libellant and awarded him the custody of the minor child, and further decreed that no alimony should be awarded to the libellee. The judge reported the case for determination by this court on the facts which are stated in the opinion. If the decree nisi was valid, it was to stand with the accompanying orders; if not, such order was to be made as justice…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The trial judge granted a decree nisi to the libellant and reported the- case' to this court. It appears that Oehlert, who was born in Germany, declared his intention of *498becoming a citizen of the United States on February 11, 1913, and filed his petition on March 20, 1917, but was not admitted to citizenship until November 14, 1917, or more than seven months after the declaration of Congress that a state of war existed between the Imperial German Government and the United States (April 6, 1917). See U. S. Rev. Sts. § 2171. The single question presented by the report is whether the decree is…
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