Stratton v. Stratton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On retort. The opinion states the case and material facts. The decree of alimony is void in toto. The jurisdiction and powers of the court in matters of divorce, are derived solely from the statutes, and limited and controlled by them.
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On retort. The opinion states the case and material facts. The decree of alimony is void in toto. The jurisdiction and powers of the court in matters of divorce, are derived solely from the statutes, and limited and controlled by them. Henderson v. Henderson, 64 Maine, 419 ; Stratton v. Stratton, 73 Maine, 481: Bacon v. Bacon, 43 Wis. 197; Barker v. Dayton, 28 Wis. 367. The decree making a charge on the real estate of the husband, for the payment of the annuity, is unauthorized by the statute. But the point fatal to this decree is that there is no authority found in the statutes for granting…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
In 1860, at the March term of this court for the county of Kennebec, cross libels for divorce were pending between this plaintiff and her husband. During the pendency of the husband’s libel, and prior to said term of coui’t, the parties thereto entered into an agreement in writing, signed by each of them, that in case a divorce should be decreed upon said libel, two referees named in said agreement, should determine what the libelee should receive from the libelant, in what way and manner, how it should be secured to her, and how she should receive it. It was also agreed that the report of…
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