Case Name: HAWKINS v. HAWKINS
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-07-23
Citations: 105 N.Y.S. 889
Docket Number: 
Parties: HAWKINS v. HAWKINS.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 105
Pages: 889–890

Head Matter:
(121 App. Div. 896)
HAWKINS v. HAWKINS.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
July 23, 1907.)
Divokce—Separation—Defense of Misconduct.
The defense of misconduct of the wife, entitling the husband to judgment in her action against him for separation and support for desertion, is not sustained by proof of her adultery; his adultery being shown by the same evidence, the judgment roll in an action by him against her for divorce.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. voi. 17, Divorce, §§ 192, 193.1
Gaynor, J., dissenting.
Appeal from Special Term, Kings County.
Action by Jennie F. Hawkins against Daniel A. Hawkins. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
See 96 N. Y. Supp. 804, 110 App. Div. 42.
Argued befóte JENICS, HOOKER, GAYNOR, RICH, and MILLER, JJ.
John McCormick, for appellant.
Andrew J. Shipman, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Hawkins v. Hawkins, 110 App. Div: 42, 96 N. Y. Supp. 804. If the case were one of first impression, we would unite with GAYNOR, J., in his dissent; but we feel bound to vote for affirmance under our decision in Hawkins v. Hawkins, supra.