Wilder v. Wilder

Plaintiff seeks judgment declaring her marriage with defendant terminated (Civ. Prac. Act, § 473); the complaint alleging their marriage and the conviction of the defendant of murder in the second degree in the State of Vermont and his sentence there to imprisonment for life; also, “ That by reason of the said conviction and sentence of the defendant the marriage heretofore existing between the parties hereto has been terminated.”

The status of the marriage formerly existing between these parties is defined beyond question in Matter of Lindewall (287 N. Y. 347) where there is a comprehensive…