Superior Court of Delaware, 1931

Draine v. Draine

Draine v. Draine
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided July 6, 1931 · Harrington
35 Del. 59; 5 W.W. Harr. 59; 157 A. 728; 1931 Del. LEXIS 11

Counsel

James M. Tunnell for plaintiff., Andrew J. Lynch for defendant.

Draine v. Draine

Opinion of the Court

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This case is controlled by Naudain v. Naudain, 1 Boyce 248, 75 A. 609. It differs from Ross v. Ross, 4 W. W. Harr. (34 Del.) 7, 130 A. 677, in that there is nothing to indicate that the facts upon which the charge is based were personally known to the petitioner, while in that case the *60charge was extreme cruelty by the respondent toward the petitioner.

From certain statements of the Court in Ross v. Ross, it is contended that in an affidavit based on information and belief the sources of the information upon which it is based should be set out; but such statements were . not necessary to the decision of that case and appear to be inconsistent with the decision of the Court in the earlier case of Naudain v. Naudain, 1 Boyce 248, 75 A. 609, supra.

Perhaps we might also add that the Naudain Case was not called to the attention of the Court in the Ross Case.

For the reasons above given, the defendant’s motion is refused.

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