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New Jersey Adultery Cases
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Clutch
v. Clutch (1831)
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Miller
v. Miller (1838)
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Whitenack
v. Whitenack (1883) - if witness a "pimp," evidence to be
credited,
but if two interpretations, court will adopt that favoring innocence.
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Osborne
v. Osborne (1888)
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Brown
v. Brown (1901)
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Sargent
v. Sargent (1920) - a husband's charge that his wife had an affair
with a Negro chauffeur not considered credible. Case illustrates
court's racial assumptions in the 1920s.
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Torrens
v. Torrens (1922) - more than the mere opportunity to commit
adultery
must be established.
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