Hodges v. Hodges

Citations

• 22 N.M. 192
• 159 P. 1007

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Findings of fact by tbe trial court, when supported by . substantial evidence, will not be disturbed in this court.</p> <p>P. 194</p> <p>2. Although a finding that the wife was the sole owner of furniture and household goods might not be strictly correct under the proofs, where the court has power to award a division of the common property, such error, if error it was, is not available to the husband.</p> <p>P. 195</p> <p>3. A motion to reopen a case for further proofs is addressed to the sound discretion of the court, which discretion will not ordinarily he reviewed.</p> <p>P. 195</p> <p>4. The ecclesiastical law of England in' regard to marriage and divorce has never been adopted in its entirety in America. Only such portions thereof as have been formulated into statutes have been adopted, and such statutes form the sole basis of jurisdiction of the courts in this state. There is no power vested by statute in the courts of this state to award a limited divorce, or a legal separation, and hence no such power exists.</p> <p>P. 195</p>