Atherton v. Atherton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME. COURT OE THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was a suit brought January 11, 1893, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, by Mary G. Atherton against Peter'Lee Atherton, for a divorce from bed and board, for the custody of the child of the parties, and for the support of the plaintiff and the child, on the ground of cruel and abusive .treatment of the plaintiff by the defendant.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME. COURT OE THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was a suit brought January 11, 1893, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, by Mary G. Atherton against Peter'Lee Atherton, for a divorce from bed and board, for the custody of the child of the parties, and for the support of the plaintiff and the child, on the ground of cruel and abusive .treatment of the plaintiff by the defendant. The defendant appeared in the case; and at a trial by the court without a jury at June term, 1893, the court found the following facts: On- October 17, 1888, the parties were married at Clinton,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gkaw
The first section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States is as follows: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress ináy, by. general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.” This section was intended to give the same conclusive effect to the judgments of all the States, so as to promote certainty and uniformity in tho rule among them. And Congress, in the exercise of the powe • so conferred, besides…
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