General

Steele v. Steele

1 U.S. 4091 Dall. 409·Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·1789·PA

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Opinion

Steele v. Steele. 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. [MAJORITY — Rush, Justice.] Rush, Justice. 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. See Garrat v. Garrat, 4 Yeates 244.