Legal Opinion
Sylvester v. Sylvester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1953PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is a libel for divorce dated February 11, 1952, and filed in the Probate Court for the county of Barnstable on February 25, 1952, alleging that the libellee at Brewster on the first day of August, 1950, and on divers other occasions was guilty of cruel and abusive treatment toward the libellant. The case is here on the appeal of the libellee from a decree granting the divorce. While the evidence is reported, there are no findings of fact.
The questions for decision concern the jurisdiction of the trial court and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the decree. The issue of…
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