Weymers v. Weymers

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The interest which the Commonwealth has in the marriage relation and its continuance is sufficient warrant for a judge, before whom a proceeding in divorce is pending, to bring upon the record any facts within his knowledge bearing upon the lack of legal justification for such divorce. The libellant and respondent are not the only parties concerned. The State is likewise an interested party, (19 C. J. 19; 9 R. C. L. 253), and has a right to have all the relevant facts involved in the case placed in the record, whether offered in evidence by the parties or not. But such…