Reiter v. Reiter

Opinion by

Abnold, J.,

On October 13, 1941, the husband appellee filed a libel in divorce charging his wife, in the language of the statute, with wilful and malicious desertion beginning July 12,1931. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the libellant, upon which a decree of divorce was entered, and the wife-respondent appealed.

The essence of the present case is in the libellant’s testimony that about 9:00 P. M. on July 12, 1931, his wife came to his room (in the house where both resided) and yelled: “You get out of the house, and if you don’t I’m going to bash your brains in”, and “I will…