Holland v. Holland

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Holland v. Holland, 2 Mass. 154 (Mass. 1806)

Holland v. Holland

Opinion of the Court

By 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. (a)

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