Case Name: Jack Weiger, Appellant, v. Alice Weiger, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1946-01-21
Citations: 270 A.D. 770
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jack Weiger, Appellant, v. Alice Weiger, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 270
Pages: 770–771

Head Matter:
Jack Weiger, Appellant, v. Alice Weiger, Respondent.

Opinion:
Action by plaintiff husband on a complaint in which he seeks an absolute divorce. The defendant interposed an answer in which she counterclaimed for an absolute divorce. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment "in favor of the defendant- and against the plaintiff, and from each and every part of said judgment as well as from the whole thereof." Judgment reversed on the law and the facts, without costs, and judgment directed fb be entered on a decision that finds defendant guilty of misconduct, as alleged in the complaint, and finds the plaintiff to be barred from affirmative relief because of similar misconduct, as alleged in the counterclaim, without costs. The proof overwhelmingly establishes the allegations of the complaint, likewise the proof overwhelmingly establishes the plaintiff's misconduct, as alleged in the defense and counterclaim, and hence, on the theory of recrimination, there may be no judgment dissolving the marriage, (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1153, subd. 4; Kapitola y. Kapitola, 189 App. Div. 459, 461; 1 Nelson on Divorce and Annulment [2d ed.], § 10.05.) Findings of fact inconsistent herewith and conclusions of law are reversed. New findings and conclusions will be made. Settle order on notice. Lewis, P, J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Nolan, JJ., concur.