LAWLER v. LAWLER


2 N.J. 527 (1949)

66 A.2d 855

SOPHIA LAWLER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. CHARLES AUGUSTUS LAWLER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, ALICE LAWLER, INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 30, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Halsted argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mr. William K. Azar argued the cause for the defendant-respondent.

Mr. Archibald Kreiger (Mr. Andrew Mainardi, attorney) argued the cause for intervenor-respondent.


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.

The Advisory Master before whom trial was...

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