Gonzalez v. Gonzalez

Plaintiff filed her complaint for divorce charging defendant with extreme and repeated cruelty, as well as desertion. Defendant’s answer denied the charges of cruelty, denied that he had deserted defendant, and, on the contrary, averred that plaintiff had deserted him. He also filed a counterclaim for divorce charging plaintiff with desertion. The issues raised by the pleadings were tried by jury. During the early part of the trial, and before plaintiff had completed her case under the complaint, and outside the presence of the jury, defendant presented to the court his written special motion…