Steele v. Steele

by Supreme Court of the United States

STEELE verʃus STEELE.

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HIS was an iffue joined on the facts alledged in a libel for a divorce; and, upon the trial, the CHIEF JUSTICE obferved, that notice ought to be given of the facts intended to be proved under the general allegations of the libel.

RUSH,Juʃtice; I think it would be moft convenient to give notice, that between two fpecific dates, acts of cruelty &c. were intended to be proved.

the court feemed to adopt that idea, and recommended it, for the future practice of the bar.