Holland v. Holland
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Holland v. Holland, 2 Mass. 154 (Mass. 1806)
Holland v. Holland
Opinion of the Court
The rule is established by uniform practice that the confession of the party, unsupported by other evidence, is not sufficient to ground a divorce upon. To vary from this rule would be opening a door for the collusion of parties, and be attended with consequences very mischievous to society. If the confession of either party was sufficient evidence to obtain a divorce a vinculo, a contract of marriage would be at the will of both the parties.
The divorce was refused.
Baxter vs. Baxter, 1 Mass. Rep. 346. — Betts vs. Betts, 1 Johns. Ch. R. 197.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Hannah Holland, Libellant, versus Richard Holland
- Status
- Published