And then we lawyers generally see the dark side of the picture—the damages and the decrees nisi.
In due course he obtained his decree nisi, which later on was made absolute.
So the Court had pronounced a decree nisi. But Mrs. Holmes had not been unfaithful to her husband.
The moment the decree nisi was pronounced he left the Courts of Justice.
Unfortunately, he died before the decree nisi was made absolute.
He married first in 1921, then secondly in 1944 and was granted a decree nisi of divorce in 1956.
In approximately 12,669 cases the application was dismissed or did not proceed to the decree nisi stage.
Consequently, in approximately 110,259 cases the facts alleged were not proven or the case did not proceed to the decree nisi stage.
