Reynolds v. Reynolds

This is an action, for a divorce on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and of.cruelty. The cause was tried before the Honorable Levi Vilas, who, after finding as to the matters in issue that “the allegations of- the pleadings are not established by the evidence,” directed judgment to be entered for the defendant. Judge Vilas died soon after that; and upon a settled case a motion for a new trial was made before the Honorable Charles E. Otis, who had succeeded Judge Vilas in office. Judge Otis, upon the case thus presented, denied the motion for a new trial; and from that order this appeal is…