Levey v. Levey

In this state marriage is more than a civil contract which one or the other of the parties *316may break or terminate at will. It is a status which involves the welfare of the public, and, because of this fact, the court in matrimonial actions is charged with a greater responsibility and invested with a wider discretion than in ordinary contract cases. The present case will serve as an apt illustration of the value and importance of this principle. This is a motion by the plaintiff, the wife, for leave to discontinue an action which she has brought against her husband for the annulment of their…