Burlen v. Shannon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for board furnished from February 22, 1860, to February 7,1866, to Harriet M. Shannon, alleged to be the wife of the defendant.
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Contract for board furnished from February 22, 1860, to February 7,1866, to Harriet M. Shannon, alleged to be the wife of the defendant. The answer denied all the allegations in the declaration, and set up that the defendant, in 1856, legally obtained, in the proper court of the State of Indiana, a divorce from Harriet M. Shannon, to whom he was married in 1835. Trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., who after a verdict for the defendant allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows : There was no controversy in regard to the price charged for the board of Mrs. Shannon. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This case grows out of a protracted controversy, with which in various stages and aspects this court has long been familiar,* between Oliver N. Shannon and Harriet 1ST. Shannon, who was once his wife, and who claimed to be such to the time oí his death.
The object of the action now before us is to recover for board and lodging furnished to her from February 1860 to February 1866. It was brought against him in his lifetime, and is now defended by the administratrix of his estate.
In a similar action brought by this plaintiff against bim for board furnished from June 1850 to July 1853, the jury…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Burlen v. ShannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Shaw v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Inhabitants of Hanover v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Shannon v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
3Cited by27 opinions
- Atherton v. AthertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Commonwealth v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Cheely v. ClaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Sewall v. SewallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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