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SCOTTISH_SLR_Court_of_Session

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Court of Session Outer House First Division.

Wednesday, July 10 1912.

[ Lord Cullen.

50 SLR 8

Thomson

v.

Thomson

Subject_1Process
Subject_2Divorce
Subject_3Adultery
Subject_4Intimation of Action to Person with whom Adultery Alleged — Act of Sederunt, 17th July 1908, sec. 1.
Facts:

The Act of Sederunt of 17th July 1908 enacts—Sec. 1.—“In every action of divorce on the ground of adultery in which appearance has not been entered, and in which the person with whom the defender is stated to have committed adultery has not been cited as a co-defender, the Lord Ordinary before whom the action depends shall, before fixing a diet of proof, unless cause be shown to the contrary, appoint intimation

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to be made to such person in the form, or as nearly as may be in the form, contained in the schedule hereto annexed.…”

Intimation was dispensed with by the Lord Ordinary where the woman with whom adultery was said to have been committed was not cited as a co-defender, but where a letter from the woman was produced acknowledging the truth of the charges contained in the summons and intimating her intention not to defend.

Headnote:

This was an action of divorce raised by a wife against her husband, in which she alleged adultery with a woman who was not called as co-defender. The husband did not lodge defences to the action. A letter was produced, written by the woman, in reply to a letter enclosing a copy of the summons, in which she acknowledged the truth of the charges contained therein and intimated her intention not to defend the action.

Judgment:

The Lord Ordinary (Cullen), on the motion of counsel for the pursuer, dispensed with the formal intimation required by the Act of Sederunt, and fixed a diet of proof.

Counsel:

Counsel for the Pursuer— A. R. Brown. Agents— J. C. & A. Steuart, W.S.

1912


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