Stephenson v. Stephenson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The petitioner-appellant filed a petition in the court of chancery, praying for a divorce from her husband upon the ground of desertion. The defendant-respondent filed an answer thereto, denying the charge of desertion and alleged that the petitioner was not a bona fide resident of the State of New Jersey when the cause of action stated in the petition arose, and by way of counter-claim averred that the petitioner was guilty of certain acts of misconduct, none of which acts constitutes a ground for divorce in this state.

When the matter came…