Legal Opinion

Rourke v. Rourke

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 10, 1857PublishedCited by 13 opinions

APPEAL from the Gass Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtG-ookins, J.

Complaint by Mary B. Bourhe against Charles Bourhe, ber husband, for a divorce and alimony. The causes alleged for a divorce were habitual drunkenness, cruel treatment, and neglect to provide for his family.

The complaint alleged that the defendant was the owner of an eighty-acre tract of land, lying in Miami county, worth 2,000 dollars; that he had no personal property except a cow and some household furniture, which the plaintiff brought to him at their xnarriage. She also states that she is the owner of a forty-acre tract of land which she had before marriage; and that there was no issue of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Blunt v. LittleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1822
  2. Frakes v. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1830
  3. Farmer v. SamuelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
  4. Banton v. Campbell's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Musselman v. MusselmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Purdy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Cheney v. State ex rel. RiskIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Graft v. GraftIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Hahn v. SchmidtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

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