Supreme Court of New Jersey June 30, 1949 (Lawler v. Lawler)

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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The issue is whether the plaintiff-appellant is entitled to a judgment declaratory of her status as the lawful wife of the defendant, Charles Augustus Lawler, notwithstanding a Nevada decree of divorce obtained by him and his subsequent marriage, followed by some years of cohabitation, with the intervenor, Alice O’Dell Lawler.