Lynde v. Lynde
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On petition of Mary AY. Lynde, which seeks the vacation of the enrollment in this cause and amendment of the decree made on the 7th of August, 1893, by the addition of a clause thereto which shall reserve to the court the right to allow alimony to the petitioner and to regulate the amount thereof from time to time.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The petition for divorce in this case was filed in November, 1892, by James S. Aitkin, Esq., as the solicitor for the petitioner. When it was filed the defendant did not have any property, but his father was alive and was a man of considerable wealth. In giving her solicitor instructions the petitioner discussed this fact with him, and the probability of the defendant ultimately having bounty or inheritance from his father. She was anxious that she should obtain a decree which would admit of her having alimony thereafter, the amount of which could be fixed according to her…
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