Baxter v. Baxter

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Baxter v. Baxter

1 Mass. 346

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedMarch 15, 1805

StatusPublished

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Baxter v. Baxter, 1 Mass. 346 (Mass. 1805).

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The Court

(Dana, C. J., Strong, Sedgwick, and Thacher, justices) [260]*260[ * 347 ] were clearly and unanimously- * of opinion that the confession of the party, uncorroborated by other circumstances, was inadmissible to prove the fact of adultery; that this rule had been too long settled and practised upon to be called in question; but exclusively of that, there were the strongest and most obvious reasons for adhering to the rule, and none for departing from it.

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(Dana, C. J., Strong, Sedgwick, and Thacher, justices) [260]*260[ * 347 ] were clearly and unanimously- * of opinion that the confession of the party, uncorroborated by other circumstances, was inadmissible to prove the fact of adultery; that this rule had been too long settled and practised upon to be called in question; but exclusively of that, there were the strongest and most obvious reasons for adhering to the rule, and none for departing from it.

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1 Mass. 346, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/baxter-v-baxter-mass-1805.