The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-24
The Great sheldon Law Suit In England
validity OF civil Marriages I'm the United
States.

tfrom the London Tines, Juno
The petition which Earl Grey presented last night Che
House OF LORDS involves story strange, ami
many Respects 20 remarkable, that VIC enaeavo, 10
the facts into manage shape for tle in
nation Of readers II Is true enough tha The sapject
IL not new one-indeed, is history Of Us m
guar ,sS Out ns ~ Dessr yet fond lie
In the year 176i thereabouts-so Ear must ascend
the stream Of for the beginning Of
Mr.. William sheldon, only son OF scotch landown e
his country America four years aer ard. he
returned on visiI bat sailed again In i7so, and re
ps pe, of S life While N America he wa, ssSo m o
ried0rpt In 1885, OF which marriage there ~as ten ale
issue only and again some few years later, ~h the sa-
Of BOD. % upon this second come tina,
"a been found 10 turn appears thai the In
ton solemuzed 10 the 1rs nstsncc In 1920 BY n
usci-a ceremony alleged TO impsrt the vail ty "
msrrispe 20 The laws OF New York where II
perfpme Ether, however, 70 remove doubts, or N
AXE assurance still, more cert in to facilitate
Of Lis NJ sheldon six days bcore his death
vhisf hspl ened the 18Th OF November, 1885,
ricd a,n 10 the lady with whom he had eight
iros,sn, Episcopal Church NOS, q our readers S, B.
asare. no ooubt that by the law OF Scotland marriage
bet seen Two rrs ms cenaics all the previous issue
land no uncertainty whatever could afterwards At
taehsd TO the rights Of the ION as his fsher's helr
Closely cted with the Sheddons In soousnd vas
family named Patio and Mr. William patrisk wasap
POINTED guardian Of young Sheldon upoo hi. fahers
proc edDss upon the assumption hs, the sou
In America not entitled 10 sther 10
the pos esson 81 the scotch estate and the
rbr In 1929 In the year ioIlo~ ing william Pat,cl
Raton -becdoa, the son Aforesaid, arti Scotlsn
NJ WIN Patrick ln Isoi The suarsisSs slo Of me s,,
Transferred from VIM. Patrick 10 n Nh Cra ,furi
and tao year, later this Hugh craafard In, u,utea
acop sganst the Pauks for the recovery of
TO The 81 biz young ward The vas defestci
and an appeal to The touse Of Lords WITH NJ better
lord Eidos bim.eif In isos Here, then, /. the c.se
5beooon Patrick apparently decided e the
last ree.r all bu, haf century ago aud yet
49, al. sfDu sgAl.
ics parte. which lord Grey inr duccd IN their lord
ship, lat night Not ory VIII Patrick fa.ou SIZED
pe,,ooer b., Mr. William Patrick himself 1. n ma .,,i
and ~t In postession ri the contested estate ,re
marvellous longevity OF procedure has seldom been
and the intervening features Of the case are equally ss
Mr. W. p. r sheldon was duly sen, 10 scno,l an CT,
lege under the superntendcnee Of Mr. Patrick afer
hch DC eptereo roys navy remased 10 thu ser
u the clse of the then went India finally re
tuned In the possession Of considerable properly sbou
1853 shortly Afterwards he appears 10 have conceived
suspicion that he had been wrongly dealt with resp~c
biz legitimacy and biz rights Of pssrmonia sucresson
the sco,ch those very proceedings which hs
IN the House Of Lords forty years peo'e
rotbese proceedings the Pscks pleaded the Of
vous decisions this re sustained tboigh no
atop, TO exclusion on the merits ~ IN
case iiself Again the carried the N use
Ioris second appeal and again Ia 1884, decided
against the petit 10 reality, according tbs doc
iues Of EDgh Law, the original sentence Of oou,is
could NOD have been uptet except UPON proof Of snch
frau or cou.on would vtsle the entire pr cceiinxs
whether the decision OF 1S3isos bad been inst
net imported little, losg "a u hso been gi a bon
fd, suit To all iDtents and purposes II va, even ~
unjust erthele~s rs, unless should be shown
the suil was fraudulent suit altogether Tue panu 10
fact did employ this ca, bot without sustaining IT, aui
hts casc therefore was lost Nov, ho gever, comes q
most esuao crary feature In the Gaze The qnesu ~
legitimacy and aloDago appear TO have been srgued
on The srpposi'on that tho claims the DC ltoner
acre founded the last marriage alone, aud the
cun,roverd ronts thrued mainly tho domiclle NJ WI
liam shtddon the elder, at the ne hslas m,,riaSe ws
previous issue beJ ond doubt cgimsted bat he
scochmai AFTER ~ years residence IN america II
ruled o,here isc; and account taken of the orr
gusl civil marriage from which the petitioner sprsng tbs
decision fatal As early, however as 1859 the peu
toner ha commenced the construction ~ q oSam based
upon validity ~ this prior contract and At last after
he decision against him In 1854 he repaired 10 New Ysrk
and nsttu proce dines for the establishment OF hls 10
etmsoy the place of his birth And here length, aer
many struggles, he successful, for In 90 action