Marchant v. Marchant

This is an action for divorce brought by a husband against his wife, alleging that she has at divers times since their marriage committed adultery, and that by force of the Act relating to divorce, approved on the 18th day of July, 1870, he is entitled to a divorce, notwithstanding Chapter 51 of the Session Laws of 1874.

The 16th Chapter of the Session Laws of 1870, sets forth very specifically the grounds on which divorces could be obtained, and enacts that they should be obtainable on no other grounds — see Section 1 of the Act — and likewise sets forth the whole manner of procedure which…