Gourlay v. Gourlay

A petition for divorce between these parties was heard at the April Term of the court in 1887, and dismissed for want of sufficient evidence to prove the domicile of the petitioner. Gourlay v. Gourlay, 15 R. I.572. This petition was filed February 8, 1888, and alleges a residence of four years before the filing of the petition, and charges wilful desertion, continued drunkenness, neglect to provide necessaries, adultery, and other gross misbehavior and wickedness in violation of the marriage covenant, in this, that he deserted the petitioner for other women, and contracted venereal disease.

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