Burlen v. Shannon

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1868-03-15

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Foster, J. * In this action the plaintiff seeks to charge the defendant tor the board of his wife from February 1860 tc *201 February 1866. The defence relied upon is, that in the year 1856 the defendant was legally divorced from his wife by a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Indiana. The record of that divorce was introduced; and…

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