Ohio Supreme Court, 1869

Vanvalley v. Vanvalley

Vanvalley v. Vanvalley
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 15, 1869
19 Ohio St. (N.S.) 588

Vanvalley v. Vanvalley

Opinion of the Court

By the court

Held:

Where a decree of divorce is granted on the petition of a woman, on the ground that the defendant had another wife living at the time of the marriage annulled by the decree, it is competent under the provisions of our statute for the court in such proceeding to also decree reasonable alimony to the petitioner.

Motion overruled.

M. D. Follett, contra,

cited: Divorce Statute, secs. 7 and 9 (S. & C. 512, 513); Smith v. Smith, 5 Ohio St. 32, 33; 2 Gray, 287; 6 Gray, 341; 2 Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, secs. 350, 351, and note 1, etc.

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