Eugster v. Eugster
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On petition for divorce on the ground of desertion, answer and cross-petition for divorce on the ground of desertion. Heard on pleadings and proofs taken in open court.
1Opinion of the Court
Stevenson, V. C.
It was the second marriage of each. Both were in middle life. The wife had property. The husband apparently had only his capacity to earn wages at his trade. Quarrels soon occurred. The husband, apparently desired to get possession of his wife’s property. Very soon the parties separated.
The ease o'f the husband on Iris cross-petition in my judgment entirely fails. The only question, and it is a somewhat close one, is whether the petitioner consented to the separation —acqiliesced in it to such an extent and with such a mind as to deprive the desertion of the husband of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kipp v. KippSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Holmes v. GilmanNew York Supreme Court · 1892