Powelson v. Powelson

We think the Court below erred in refusing the prayer of the plaintiff for a divorce. The ground of complaint is cruel treatment on the part of the husband, and if any treatment short of physical violence can amount to legal cruelty, we regard the case as fully made out. It appears that the defendant was in the habit of using toward the plaintiff the vilest and most abusive language, falsely charging her with adulterous intercourse; that she is a weak, nervous woman, modest in her deportment, and amiable in her disposition ; that the conduct of the defendant caused her much mental suffering,…