Osborn v. Osborn

• Decision Date: 23 June 1887
• Citation: Osborn v. Osborn, 10 A. 107, 44 N.J.E. 257 (N.J. Ch. 1887)
• Parties: OSBORN v. OSBORN.
• Court: New Jersey Court of Chancery

10 A. 107

44 N.J.E. 257

OSBORN

v. OSBORN.

Court of Chancery of New Jersey.

June 23, 1887.

Bill for divorce. On rehearing. See 9 Atl. Rep. 698. There was a decree, April 15, 1887, in favor of the plaintiff, the husband, on the ground of the adultery of the wife, which decree was reopened May 17, 1887, to allow the wife to give further testimony.

H. H. Wainwright, for complainant. W. F. Abbott, for defendant.

BIRD, V. C. The additional testimony submitted by Mrs. Osborn, since opening the final decree heretofore made, is not sufficiently satisfactory to overcome the strong conviction I had of her guilt. I opened the cause, that she might supply what the counsel said was an omission on his part,—her denial of any sexual intercourse with Stratton. Her denial was very emphatic, and made with an air of sincerity. I was not a little impressed with her manner. It certainly lent considerable force to her denial. But I must deal with the whole case,—with all the testimony. In addition to what I said in my former conclusions, I feel obliged to say that there is no satisfactory explanation of the visit of Mrs. Osborn to the home of Stratton, in Trenton, when what immediately preceded and followed is also taken into the account. Nor does anything appear to show why the parties (Mrs. Osborn and Stratton) took so...