Whitney v. Whitney
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Allegany county. Action by Charles S. Whitney against Sarah E. Whitney for divorce. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The parties were intermarried in January, 1878. This action was commenced in February, 1889; and the plaintiff, by his complaint, alleges various acts of adultery of the defendant with one Ira H. Myers, extending from in the year 1880 into the year 1888. The trial furnished a considerable bulk of testimony. There was no direct evidence of the defendant’s infidelity. The evidence which tended to support that imputation was made up of circumstances related by the witnesses on the part of the plaintiff, and, taken as true, was sufficient to warrant the inference and lead to the conclusion that…
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