Sutton v. Sutton

Decided March 16, 1914

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1914-03-16

Charles J. Roe, advisory master, who filed the following conclusions: The petition in this cause was filed on December 17th, 1912. The petitioner seeks a divorce from his wife, the defendant, for desertion since the month of August, 1908. This desertion is based solely on the claim that the defendant, although performing all other wifely and motherly duties, refused to her husband, the petitioner, sexual intercourse.

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Decided 1914-03-16

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Per Curiam.

¶1The decree of the-court of chancery will be affirmed, for the reasons given by the learned advisory master.

¶2There has been some criticism in the argument and brief, of certain details of his findings of fact as unsupported by the evidence. We have examined the evidence in the ease and. find no errors of fact in the conclusions of the master that operate in any way to impair the correctness of the result reached by him, or that call for airy special comment on our part.

¶3The award of a counsel fee below is likewise affirmed.

For affirmance—-The Chief-Justice, Swatze, Trenchard, Parker, Bergen, Mtnturn, Kalisci-i, Bogbrt, Vredenburgh, Congdon, White, Heppenheimer—12.For reversal—None.