Moore v. Moore
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from, the Jackson Circuit Court. — How. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) Tbe divorce law guarantees to the wife the right to the companionship of a sober man, and gives her the right to a divorce from a habitual drunkard. As to what constitutes drunkenness see 1 Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, section 813; Golding v. Golding, 6 Mo. App. 602. Webster defines a drunkard to be : “One who habitually drinks to excess ; one who uses intoxicating liquor immoderately.”
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Appeal from, the Jackson Circuit Court. — How. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) Tbe divorce law guarantees to the wife the right to the companionship of a sober man, and gives her the right to a divorce from a habitual drunkard. As to what constitutes drunkenness see 1 Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, section 813; Golding v. Golding, 6 Mo. App. 602. Webster defines a drunkard to be : “One who habitually drinks to excess ; one who uses intoxicating liquor immoderately.” Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, title, drunkard. As to the difference between the overwhelming positive and affirmative testimony of…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This action is founded on a petition for divorce wherein defendant is charged with habitual drunkenness for a period of more than one year, and with indignities to plaintiff rendering her condition intolerable. There was no cross-bill; the answer admitted the marriage but denied the allegations against him,' and charged that plaintiff had repeatedly refused to go with defendant to Dakota and live with him, although he had been ready and willing to provide her a comfortable home there, and further charged her with having joined a conspiracy with certain other parties, not named by him, to…
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