Harrington v. Harrington

[After the foregoing statement of the case.] There is no question as to the law, but there is a difficulty arising from contradictory statements in the report as. to what was before the Probate Court.

It is plain that the order of the Probate Court made on April 4,1901, was a final adjudication of all matters stated in the petition, with the exception of the custody of the minor children after May 1, 1901. That was in terms reserved for further consideration. The subsequent order as to the custody of the children was manifestly made under what is now R. L. c. 153, § 37, giving the Probate…