Case Name: THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-09
Citations: 1 Wright 98
Docket Number: 
Parties: THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD.
Judges: JUDGES-LANE AND AVfttGHT.
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery, decided by the Supreme court of Ohio, during the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Volume: 1
Pages: 99–99

Head Matter:
HOLMES COUNTY,
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1832.
JUDGES-LANE AND AVfttGHT.
THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD.
Divorce — certainty in tlie cause — adultery.
A petition for divorce must set forth the cause of complaint with convenient certainty, that the charge may be met and disproved.
On a charge of adultery, the name of the person with whom committed should be inserted, if known.
Divorce. The petition alleged as cause of divorce, the commission of adultery, without naming the person Avith whom the crime was committed, or making any excuse for the omission

Opinion:
*THE COURT
refused to heat the evidence on the petition, [99 holding that the party must allege the cause of complaint with the convenient certainty, so that it may be met and disproved. The court has uniformly so held.
The petitioner asked and obtained leave to.amend.