Legal Opinion

Gruner v. Gruner

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 7, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Acts which, furnish, cause for divorce on one ' statutory ground, are not necessarily confined to that ground alone; they may furnish all or part of other grounds. Cannon v. Cannon, 17 Mo. App. 390; Mc-Cann v. McCann, 91 Mo. App. 4; Million v. Million, 106 Mo. App. 683; Kempf v. Kempf, 34 Mo. 214; Williams v. Williams, 121 Mo.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Acts which, furnish, cause for divorce on one ' statutory ground, are not necessarily confined to that ground alone; they may furnish all or part of other grounds. Cannon v. Cannon, 17 Mo. App. 390; Mc-Cann v. McCann, 91 Mo. App. 4; Million v. Million, 106 Mo. App. 683; Kempf v. Kempf, 34 Mo. 214; Williams v. Williams, 121 Mo. App. 349. (2) A wife’s refusal to grant her husband sexual intercourse is not merely an element of desertion, but is an indignity. Williams v. Williams, 121 Mo. App. 349. (3) What will…

1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.

Plaintiff commenced this action for divorce on the 23rd of December, 1909. Averring that he and his wife were married on February 25, 1890, and that they had continued to live together as husband and wife until the year 1904, the petition avers that about 1903, defendant, wholly disregarding her duty as the wife of plaintiff, became dictatorial, overbearing and abusive in her attitude toward him, called him vile epithets, spoke of him in vile language to other persons, and told other persons that plaintiff had abused her and refused to provide for her wiien such was not a fact; that defendant…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  2. Owen v. OwenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Harper v. HarperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
  4. State v. WeberMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
  5. McMakin v. McMakinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896

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  1. Chandler v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
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  3. Hess v. HessMissouri Court of Appeals · 1938
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  5. Watson v. WatsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956

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