MONTHLY REPORTS OF CASES DECIDED IN THE Court of Probate, AND IN THE COURT FOR DIVORCE AND COMMENCING MICHAELMAS TERM, 1859. BY RICHARD SEARLE, Esq., OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, AND JAMES CHARLES SMITH, Esq., OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY STEVENS & NORTON, 26, BELL YARD, LINCOLN'S INN. 1860. Eno 29 A petitioner for a dissolution of marriage alleged that he was a surgeon, that the co-respondent had lived in the same house with him as his assistant for two years, and that the adultery was committed "on divers occasions" during that period. An application was made on the part of the respondent for an order to amend the petition by the insertion of further particulars. The Court held that sufficient information was given by the petitioner to enable her to meet the case to be set up against her, and the order was refused. (a) Thomas Browning Smith prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with Caroline Eliza Smith, on the ground of her adultery with William Liddard. The petitioner was a surgeon, and he alleged in the third paragraph of the petition that during the two years preceding the month of May 1859, the said William Liddard resided in the house of your petitioner, and on divers occasions during such period committed adultery with the said Caroline Eliza Smith." 66 VOL. I. (a) See Boddy v. Boddy, 28 L.J. P. & M. p. 16. B DIVORCE AND SMITH V. SMITH and LIDDARD. |