Kennon v. Kennon

This is a libel of divorce brought by a husband on the grounds of extreme cruelty, cruel and abu sive treatment and gross and confirmed habits of intoxication from the use of intoxicating liquors. R. S., c. 153, § 55 (1944) as amended; now R. S., c. 166, § 55 (1954). The libel was entered at the June 1953 term of Superior Court in Kennebec County and was heard and decided at the February 1954 term by the presiding justice without a jury and without making findings of fact. Specific charges of the acts of cruelty and cruel and abusive treatment were filed by the libelant. The presiding justice…