Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-24
QUEER DIVORCES.
Bono Very Extraordinary Reasons
for Severing the Knot.
A Wise Judge Decides THAT a Man IL Not
Mound to Tive vi d His Mother
in.LAw-A Young swain Who
Married the Wrong Girl.
PHILADELPHIA Recor,I.l

Marriod the wrong 6lrt-
Philadelphia Record.l
A Judi ial dec sion In Latin IL one OF the
euriosities q the court records % recent
yenrs In this city. JUICE Thay r Il tie
author 81 This Il cument, W ga wac hand
oil down tho iinnlity 81 n divorce case,
the y In. ~ a ,pu being Of such char
Actsr that the courts opinion looked bet
ter dr. 'ssed in the language Of the ancicnts
than in Hunt Auglo-Sixon.
A prominent lawyer, well-known for bis
aru encs,.in divorce cases. founl tiis sin
. diar docum M 1 the course OF n search
Tor p ,in's upon which 10 Il se an appeal
80 the c q for ono Of bis numerou,
clients. "That's rather odl," sal tho
= unscllor, "lut there are many curious
things in d,v1Ic' proceedings that the
fac mus be unusual, indce I. to disturb
the serenity OF a 'Rwyer nowadays. had
. queer cnse last year. An old lady came
90 INV ON o aud inss ed th1t should file
Rlil frd vorco. She was eighty yenrs
old, All was a bride OF a week. having
married her gardener, who was two years
her junior, only eight days efore. Neither
party 10 the case had ever Lecn married
land had gone % live with her sister the
dpy after the wedding and couli not Q
prevailed upon 20 re- urn. THE case was
docketed lut never tried, the plaintiff hav-
ing died two days after proceo ings had
leen fairly started The wife was worth
about eight thousand dollars In real prop
erty, and the old man is now living a. his
saSo ON the estate"
This was no more curious a case than
that Of the plaintiff Who sought a divorce
On the ground Of dosertion, because his
wife insisted upon living with her mother,
and her husband would not follow her.
The case wa. recently decided, and the
court do Jared that the husband was not
found to live with his mother in-law. The
man was z iven an absolute divorce.
"That," said the lawyer, "seems to set
ne u that a man Is not bound to live with
his mother in-law."
A somewhat similar case has Just been
scttlod in the Common Pleas Court. The
plaintiff was = very well-known business
man OF this city. lie was fond Of what is
indefinitely known as "lite," and even the
? straints Of n Young wife we're distaste-
full. HIS temper was none too good. Ono
Sunday morning. rs no was about 10 take
his wife home after service Mt the church,
he intimated that he would Trefer to lie
with some othor woman. THAT IL wrong
thing for you TO say" rcjoiued his wife;
"you are married now and should not
think of other women" cob" reioined
tho husband, nippantly. "being married
does not prevent ma from going with
ether women" This was more than the
wife would allow, and she promptly
dropped his arm and walked homo to her
mother. She at once began proceedings
for div0yce, bu' the court would not listen
90 tho case, holding that no desertion had
been proved, and that the words did not
amount 90 "cruel nnd inhuman treat
ment." On the other hand, the husbands
cross petition for divorce was refused. the
court declaring that tho desertion was
justified, nm both cases were thrown out.
Since then n divorce has been procured by
mutual agreement. such NJ IL very COM
mon IN this State. and which the courts
can not always guard against.
"a Western court" sail member OF
the bar who listened TO tho recital % this
case, has Just made a strange decision
hpoh an application for divorce. which has
COOL deal Of equity " not much law 10
hack u MP. A lover had gained tho con-
cent q his sweetheart 10 marry him by
agreeing 10 give her home. n house Of her
own, as no said, aud so thcy were mar
IieL After the wedding tho husband
took his lride TO small and un-
d comfortable room. Sho refused 20
occupy II, an I left him on the threshold.
claiming that he hal b. sely deceived her.
Fhe applied for n divorce. produced his
Ntff Ia ttttsNs 81.
home, Rui proved that he had failed. The
rout decided that the husband obtained
her consent To tie marriage contract by
fraud, aud promptly annullod it,"
"About the qu crest ii yorce cnsc on roc.
ord," rem 'rke one OF tho lawyers, was
that Of man who applied to common
pleas court No. about ten ysnrs AGO.
claiming tha' he had married the wrouy
girl The husband had been courtinr a
friend Of the defendant, hut the court.hip
was not approved by the parents. The
result was, rs usual, preparations for
runaway match. The matter was compIi-
Gated, however, by the appearance Of the
sweethrart's friend, who claimed that the
lover was betrothcd to her. When the
night for tho elopenent arrived the plain.
tn manaEet to get in the carriage dis
ruised 40 that the liver supposed Il was
the other girl The marriage took place
In a clump Of woods. clcrsym an
having agreal to fasten the
knit under these romantic cir.
rumstances. The clergyman was ac-
quainted with the groom, hut not with his
Intended, anl the result was that hefore
he knew h the defendant was married To
the wrong women. The man repudiated
che marriage, and subsequently, married
the other girl The plaintiff brought suit
for divorce and cltimed allmony. The
case was never decided, the woman hav-
ing gone OF to Europe with another man.
and sue Is living there now"
Another interesting case was that Of
lady who married. a man believing that he
was veal by. A couple Of hours after the
ceremony the woman asked for the bank
lsoks and an exhibit of the husband,s
financial standing. Her mind was dis
abused upon one point, and that Wa re-
garding the wealth Of her new husband.
The couple had words, and at eleven
o'clock that night tLey separated. The
woman claimed that she had been de-
ceived. A divorce was granted the nus.
band recently.
The son OF n rtch American was in Parfs
III.