4 Mass. 506
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 15, 1808
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1808-09-15
<p>A libel, by a feme covert, for a divorce, must he subscribed by herself, and not by an attorney.</p>
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1875
3 state decisions
Cited in Bouvier (1914)’s definition of “Continuance”
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1808-09-15
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¶1objected to this practice, observing that there was no evidence that the supposed libellant had any knowledge of-the filing of the libel in her name.
¶2A. Bigelow said he had a witness in Court, by whom he should prove that the libel was made and prosecuted by direction of the libellant. Whereupon the Court sustained the libel, but cautioned the bar against such a practice in future.