Stanford v. Stanford
New York Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was filed by a husband for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. A feigned issue had been awarded; and the jury found the wife guilty of adultery. No-decree had been made upon the coming in of the issue and postea: but the complainant, after the verdict, married again. An application was now made for arrears of temporary alimony.
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chancellor.
I see no reason for withholding the temporary alimony. The case of Loveden v. Loveden, 1 Phillimore’s Eccles. R. 203, is in point. There, alimony was given from the date of sentence and appeal. And this case :has been considered as authority by Chancellor Walworth: Germond v. Germond, 1 Paige’s C. R. 83.
There is a singular' feature hi this cause. The husband, it appears, married again after the jury had found the wife guilty .9Í adultery: but prior to any decree. What the effect of this *318conduct may have upon his right to a divorce, when he shall move for a decree upon the…
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