The plaintiff wife, in an undefended suit for separation, has requested the signing of a decree in her favor though the defendant husband died some two months following trial.
A matrimonial action usually abates upon the death of one of the parties (Hoff v. Dugan, 266 App. Div. 790; White v. White, 224 App. Div. 355; Matter of Huber, 136 Misc. 634; Morey v. Morey, 164 Misc. 527) but this rule has...
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