Andros

Andros v. Andros

Good Law
1 Cal. App. 309·1905 Cal. App. LEXIS 47·82 P. 90
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 13, 1905No. 27.California357 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Allen, J.

Action for divorce. Judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment and order denying a new trial.

It is insisted upon this appeal that the judgment was rendered in violation of section 130 of the Civil Code, which provides that no divorce can be granted upon the default of the defendant, or upon the uncorroborated statement, admission, or testimony of the parties; and that if any matrimonial offense had been established the same had been completely and fully condoned. The court found in favor of the plaintiff upon all of the material issues, and while the corroborating testimony tending to establish the marital offense was slight, there was, nevertheless, some testimony to justify the court in its finding in that regard.

As to the question of condonation, which by section 115 of our Civil Code is declared to be the conditional forgiveness of a matrimonial offense constituting a cause of divorce, and by section 116 such condonation requires a knowledge on the part of the eondoner of the facts constituting the cause of divorce, the record discloses that the defendant’s physical condition, known to plaintiff long before she ceased to cohabit with him as his…

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