APPEAL COURT.
A QUESTION OF DIVORCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 21. The Court of Appeal this morning considered the appeal by Andrew James Mason against a judgment by Mr. Justice Herdman dismissing the petition by appellant for divorce on the ground that petitioner’s own conduct produced a condition of affairs leading to his wife’s application for a separation three years ‘previously, whereon the prisoner based his divorce up plication. Appellant's counsel contended that the Appeal Court could review the Judge’s decision. Ther6 had been a minimum of guilt on the part of the husband, and if the Court could not make a decree in this case there would be no case in which the Court could grant a divorce. Counsel for respondent said that the granting of such a divorce would result in serious private wrong. Divorce entailed a stigma on the woman and children. In this case the Judge found the husband had been guilty of desertion, and a person could not plead his own wrongdoing as a ground for claiming rights in a court of justice. Decision was reserved.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1921, Page 3
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182APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1921, Page 3
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