Sheafe v. Sheafe
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Petition for alimony. At tbe December term of this court, 1849, a decree was passed dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony between William H. Sbeafe, tbe libellant, and bis wife Eboda Sbeafe, tbe libellee and present petitioner, for tbe alleged crime of adultery. At tbe next term after tbe divorce was decreed, tbe petitioner made this application for alimony.
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Petition for alimony. At tbe December term of this court, 1849, a decree was passed dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony between William H. Sbeafe, tbe libellant, and bis wife Eboda Sbeafe, tbe libellee and present petitioner, for tbe alleged crime of adultery. At tbe next term after tbe divorce was decreed, tbe petitioner made this application for alimony. In support' of tbe application, sbe introduced evidence showing that ber counsel bad misapprehended tbe weight and sufficiency of the libellant’s testimony, and bad neglected to furnish evidence in defence of tbe charges set up in tbe libel,…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
The term alimony, as used in the constitution and statute of this State, means that provision or allowance which is made to a wife upon a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. It does not embrace other classes of cases, as is sometimes the fact in the English practice. Parsons v. Parsons & al., 9 N. H. Rep. 309.
The decision of all causes of divorce and alimony is given to this court by the constitution; and the statute regulating the whole matter confers upon the court the most ample powers. Constitution of N. H., part 2, § 76; Rev. Stat., chap. 148.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parsons v. ParsonsSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1838
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