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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

Note 1039 — Chapter XV · DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES

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An act of 1837 refers incidentally to divorces which have been or shall be "granted, either by the general assembly or by the superior court, on the application of a married woman."—Pub. Stat. Laws (1837), 33; also in Pub. Stat. Laws (general revision, 1838), 187. Query: Did this act invite and authorize appeal to the assembly in such matters?

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