Case Name: THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-09
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 98
Docket Number: 
Parties: THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 98–99

Head Matter:
THOMAS BIRD v. HARRIET BIRD.
Divorce — certainty in the 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 with whom the crime was committed, or making any excuse for the omission.

Opinion:
The Court
refused to hear the evidence on the petition, 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.