IMPORTANT DECISION.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 24,
The Full Court lias given judgment in the Morris versus Morris case, which was removed thereto b.t Mr Justice Saliiiond. This judgment is of great importance in divorce law.
The case was a defended petition for restitution of conjugal rights. The court found that the petitioner was sincerely willing, if necessary, to take his wife back, but did not sincerely desire her return, hoping rather that she would not return and so would provide him with ground for a subsequent petition in divorce. Tli9 court held that this was not “sincerity" that tlie weight of authority as well as public policy required and dismissed the petition with costs on the highest scale.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1077, 25 July 1924, Page 5
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120IMPORTANT DECISION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1077, 25 July 1924, Page 5
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