Ratcliffe v. Ratcliffe

The parties hereto were married on November 2, 1939, when both were 19 years old, and attending school. Within a month following their marriage the parties separated, later resumed their marital relations for about 5 or 6 weeks and, except for periods totaling about two weeks thereafter, have not lived together since. The parties have an infant daughter.

Plaintiff Thomas F. Batcliffe filed a bill of complaint on November 18,1941, seeking a divorce from defendant Eloise J. Batcliffe on the ground of exr treme cruelty. The defendant filed an answer and cross bill in which she sought a divorce…