Case Name: Solomon Vanvalley v. Rebecca Vanvalley
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1869-12
Citations: 19 Ohio St. 588
Docket Number: 
Parties: Solomon Vanvalley v. Rebecca Vanvalley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 19
Pages: 588–589

Head Matter:
Solomon Vanvalley v. Rebecca Vanvalley.
Motion for leave to file a petition in error to reverse a judgment of the district court of Washington county affirming the judgment of the court of common pleas.
Ewart & Shaw and Walter Brabham, for the motion,
cited: Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, secs. 563, 266, 647; Fischli v. Fischli, 1 Blackford, 364; Zule v. Zule, Saxton (N. J.), 96; Smith v. Smith, 5 Ohio St. 32, 37; Shannon v. Shannon, 2 Gray, 287.

Opinion:
By the court
Held:
Where a decree of divorce is granted on the petition of a woman, on the ground that the defendant had another wife living at the time of the marriage annulled by the decree, it is competent under the provisions of our statute for the court in such proceeding to also decree reasonable alimony to the petitioner.
Motion overruled.
M. D. Follett, contra,
cited: Divorce Statute, secs. 7 and 9 (S. & C. 512, 513); Smith v. Smith, 5 Ohio St. 32, 33; 2 Gray, 287; 6 Gray, 341; 2 Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, secs. 350, 351, and note 1, etc.