Plahn v. Givernaud
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevenson, whose opinion is reported in 81 N. J. Eq. &6.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gummere, Chiee-Justice.
In May, 1910, Jeanne M. J. Givernaud, a resident of the Republic of France, filed her bill in this cause, seeking thereby to have set aside and declared void, upon the ground of fraud practiced upon the court of chancery, a decree entered in that court in February, 1872, divorcing her from her husband, Barthelemy L. Givernaud, and to have her marital status restored, so that she might enforce against his estate (he having died in January, 1908) a claim of some $9,000, with interest, which was founded upon a -judgment recovered by…
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