Legal Opinion

Amato v. Amato

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 3, 1923PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.

The parties were married in the State of New York and there lived together until the libellant, as the judge finds and reports, “broke up his home and moved to Boston,” the last of August 1913. The libellee refused to accompany him nor have they ever lived together in this Commonwealth. It may be conceded that unless plainly unreasonable her refusal was legally unjustifiable, and the libellant having lived here for five years last preceding the filing of the libel on October 14, 1921, “ a divorce may be decreed for any cause allowed by law, whether it occurred in this Commonwealth or…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Watts v. WattsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
  3. Lyster v. LysterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  4. Miller v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  5. Franklin v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Adams v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. Bentley v. MarshallMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1965
  3. Cannistraro v. CannistraroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  4. Cannistraro v. CannistraroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967

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