Legal Opinion

Bokel v. Bokel

New York Court of Chancery

Decided February 11, 1840PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Bill for divorce on the ground of adultery. It had been taken as confessed ; and the case now came before the court on the master’s report.

1Opinion of the Court

The Vice-Chancellor observed:

The bill in this cause was sworn to and filed on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. It contains a specific charge (and none other) of adultery committed with one Emeline Morris, with whom the defendant contracted a subsequent marriage about the commencement of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five and with whom he has since cohabited in New York and latterly at Shrewsbury in New Jersey, where they still live and cohabit, with two children, the fruit of this adulterous intercourse. The reference to the master was,…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Strong v. StrongThe Superior Court of New York City · 1865
  3. Mondano v. MondanoNew York Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Strong v. StrongThe Superior Court of New York City · 1865

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