Kreda v. Kreda

Rosie Kreda filed her bill of complaint against her husband, the defendant, for separate maintenance. The defendant filed a plea in which he set up that several years prior to the filing of the bill in the instant case, a decree was entered in Russia dissolving the marriage between the parties. The case was heard upon the bill and plea. The court found that a decree of divorce had been entered in Russia as pleaded and dismissed complainant’s bill for want of equity.

The defendant, over objection, offered in evidence a document in the Russian language, which it is said was a decree of divorce…