Gebhard v. Gebhard

The plaintiff has brought this action for an absolute divorce. She and the defendant have been living separate and apart for about eighteen years. The defendant insists that the plaintiff is not his wife, and in 1896, was married to another woman in Hew Jersey and is now living with her in this state. The plaintiff now makes this motion for alimony and counsel fees.

I am convinced from my examination of the case that the plain- ■ tiff has never been legally divorced from Hichols, to whom she was married in 1866, and who is still living.

In support of the motion she relies upon two decrees of…