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Steele v. Steele

1 U.S. 409 1 Dall. 409 Court SCOTUS English

Delivered by Rush, Justice.

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p. 424
Steele v. Steele.

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Practice in divorce.
This was an issue joined on the facts alleged in a libel for a divorce : and upon the trial, the Chief Justice observed, that notice ought to be given of the facts intended to be proved under the general allegations of the libel.

I think it would be most convenient to give notice, that between two specific dates, acts of cruelty, &c., were intended to be proved.

The Court seemed to adopt that idea, and recommended it for the future practice of the bar.[1]

(a) (a) See Garrat v. Garrat, 4 Yeates 244 .