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Cone v. Cone

August 1, 1877 - Opinion

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August 1, 1877 Cone v. Cone Current page Opinion Supreme Court Reporter

Cone v. Cone.

Actual imprisonment in the state prison under a sentence for more than a year is a cause of divorce, not suspended by a bill of exceptions on which the conviction may be reversed.

Libel, for divorce. The cause alleged and proved was the defendant’s actual imprisonment in the state prison, under a sentence for more than a year, for manslaughter. A bill of exceptions, for the reversal of the judgment, is pending. A divorce was decreed, and the defendant excepted.

Copeland and Quarles, for the defendant.

Hill, for the plaintiff.

Doe, C. J.

The defendant’s actual imprisonment under the judg ment is a cause of divorce. The statute does not recognize the reversible character of such judgments as a reason for suspending their operation in proceedings for divorce. Gen. St., c. 163, s. 3.

Exception overruled.

Bingham, J., did not sit.