Hollister v. Valentine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Edward Valentine, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester ón the ,8th day of February, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of February, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The plaintiff and Miss Duncombe resided and intermarried in this State. The wife subsequently left her husband and, in the courts of North Dakota, obtained a decree of absolute divorce against him on the grounds of cruelty and non-support. The husband was served in this State, but made no sign. The wife returned to her home with her decree, resumed her maiden name, and went to live with her grandmother. Under these circumstances the defendant first met her. Later she showed to him her decree of divorce. He paid his addresses to her, and a year later they were married in the State of…
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