Young v. Young
Jane Young, Libellant, versus David Young, Jun.
Young v. Young, 4 Mass. 430 (1808)
Headnotes
A charge of extreme cruelty, and of adultery, may be joined in the same libel, and the Court will decree according to the evidence produced
Summary
The libel, in this case, charged upon the respondent extreme cruelty, and also adultery, and prayed for a divorce a vinculo, or such other decree relative to the premises as to the Court should seem just and lawful.
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The Court
sustained the libel, and upon the evidence refused a divorce a vinculo, and decreed a divorce a mensa et thora.
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