Ohio Supreme Court, 1833

Mansfield v. Mansfield

Mansfield v. Mansfield
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided May 15, 1833
1 Wright 284; 1 Ohio Ch. 284

Mansfield v. Mansfield

Opinion of the Court

BY THE COURT.

This bill must be dismissed. We do not sit here to enforce contracts of separation between husband and wife,in 285] the *shape of a decree for a divorce. The whole proceeding for divorce is strictly adversary; if it appear there is collusion between the parties, or an agreement, or that a divorce is prayed for, for a cause which has been forgiven by the parties, a divorce is never decreed. The proof of adultery cannot be received under this petition.

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