Lamoreaux v. Lamoreaux

Plaintiff was awarded a decree of divorce. Defendant appeals. Defendant did not counter-claim. She has sought only to avoid the divorce. This appeal presents one issue: Did plaintiff prove that defendant was guilty of such cruelty as to render his life burdensome?

Plaintiff has been a professional forester. His working life has been consecrated, with unfailing zeal, to gain material and professional success in his career. He became acquainted with defendant in 1950 when he was working in the lumber industry in British Columbia. The area of his employment was settled by people of the Dukhobor…