Dalton v. Dalton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
This action for absolute divorce commenced by plaintiff wife on February 14, 1945, has resulted in a judgment of divorce upon a finding of adultery by defendant husband committed with one Claire Eothbard with whom he entered into a ceremonial marriage at a time when allegedly he was still the husband ofiplaintiff.
Defendant contended upon the trial, and now contends, that before he married Claire Eothbard he secured a valid and binding judgment of divorce from plaintiff in an action brought in the courts of Illinois in the year 1943, and therefore the present action must fail.
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