Legal Opinion
Burch v. Burch
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 16, 1952No. 10518_1PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaris, Circuit Judge
The plaintiff, Joseph E. Burch, Jr., filed a complaint against his wife, the defendant, Ruth Miriam Burch, in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, seeking a divorce on the ground of incompatibility of temperament. The defendant filed an answer in which she sought the dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint and a counterclaim seeking a divorce and alimony upon the ground of her husband’s cruel treatment of her. At the demand of. the defendant, acquiesced in by the plaintiff, the case was .tried in the District Court by a jury of six, 1 which rendered a…
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