Langewald v. Langewald
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce on the ground of adultery, dated June 8, 1918. In the Superior Court the libel was heard by J. F. Brown, J. The material evidence and facts found by the judge are described in the opinion.
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Libel for divorce on the ground of adultery, dated June 8, 1918. In the Superior Court the libel was heard by J. F. Brown, J. The material evidence and facts found by the judge are described in the opinion. The judge ruled that, notwithstanding the fact that the libellant appeared in the Wyoming divorce proceedings, described in the opinion, she could maintain the present libel, and reported the case for determination by this court, a decree nisi to be entered if his ruling was right, and, if his ruling was wrong, the libel to be dismissed.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a libel for divorce. The libellant and the libellee were married in Providence in the State of Rhode Island in 1893. About six months later they moved to Warren in this Commonwealth, where they lived together until 1900 and where a son was born to them. In 1900 the libellee left Massachusetts and within a few months was in the State of Wyoming. The libellant continued to reside in this Commonwealth. There was considerable correspondence between the parties and their respective attorneys. Proceedings for divorce were instituted in Wyoming in 1900 by the husband, alleging extreme…
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