Field v. Field
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel for divorce, filed on August 28,1919, alleging a marriage in Providence in the State of Rhode Island on February 1, 1908, and that thereafter the libellant and the libellee lived together in this Commonwealth at Fall River and Boston, and charging desertion by the libellee. The libel was heard by Hammond, J. Material facts found by him are described in the opinion.
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Libel for divorce, filed on August 28,1919, alleging a marriage in Providence in the State of Rhode Island on February 1, 1908, and that thereafter the libellant and the libellee lived together in this Commonwealth at Fall River and Boston, and charging desertion by the libellee. The libel was heard by Hammond, J. Material facts found by him are described in the opinion. He ruled that the parties never had lived together in this Commonwealth as husband and wife within the meaning of R. L. c. 152, § 4, and that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the libel, and reported the case to this…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The parties were married on February 1, 1908, in Fall River, where the wife was living, the husband at that time residing in Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, and being engaged there in business. After a wedding journey to Lowell they lived in Providence for about three weeks. In March or April, 1908, they went to Lowell and remained there five weeks, during which time the libellant “worked in . . . [a] restaurant.” They then returned to Providence where they lived until November, 1915, when the libellee deserted the libellant. The husband continued to live in Providence for six…
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