BURKETT v. BURKETT

No. 4026.

42 Haw. 264 (1958)

NADIA PITOEFF BURKETT v. GEORGE I. BURKETT.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided January 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Welsh for libelee-appellant.

John F. Alexander for libelant-appellee.

RICE, C.J., STAINBACK AND MARUMOTO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

The libelant-appellee was granted a decree of absolute divorce upon the ground of grievous mental suffering and awarded the custody of the only child of libelant and libelee.

The libelant had previously been twice married and divorced. The appellant alleges as error the rejection by the court of appellant's offer to prove the prior marriages and divorces, contending that such evidence was admissible on the ground it would...

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