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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

Note 506 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 3)

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Cf. the act of Nov. 28: Laws (1861), 96-99; that of Feb. 15: Laws (1875), 63; and Comp. Laws (1900), 115-18. Partial divorce is not recognized; but the common law, as administered by the ecclesiastical courts, is a part of the law of Nevada, so far as not superseded by statute: Wuest v. Wuest, 17 Nev., 216. For the interpretation of extreme cruelty see Reed v. Reed, 4 Nev., 395; Gardner v. Gardner, 23 Nev., 207; Kelley v. Kelley, 18 Nev., 48.

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