Reemie v. Reemie
Rebekah Reemie, Libellant, versus John Marcus Reemie
Reemie v. Reemie, 4 Mass. 586 (1808)
Headnotes
Proof of a second marriage, without evidence of cohabitation, is not of itself sufficient to maintain a libel for a divorce.
Summary
Upon a libel for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony, for the adultery of the husband, the libellant proved the respondent’s marriage with her, and then produced and read a certificate of a second marriage of the respondent, with another woman, and relied on the presumption of cohabitation.
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This is not sufficient. It is still necessary to prove cohabitation, or actual criminal intercourse.
The libellant afterwards gave evidence of actual cohabitation; and a divorce was decreed.
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