Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1868

Coffin v. Coffin

Coffin v. Coffin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1868 · Barrows, Daneorti, Dickerson, Kent, Tapley
55 Me. 361

Coffin v. Coffin

Opinion of the Court

Daneorti-i, J.

This case does not come within § 20, art. 1, of the constitution, providing for a trial by jury. The practice has been otherwise. Nor is there any statute authorizing it. On the other hand, the statute provides that " the Court shall decree it (the marriage) annulled or affirmed according to the proof.” E. S., c. 60, § 14.

The case to stand for trial by the Court.

Kent, Dickerson, Barrows and Tapley, JJ., concurred.

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