Hamilton v. Hamilton

The court below awarded to the complainant a divorce from the bonds of matrimony for the cause of extreme cruelty. Our examination of the record has satisfied us that though the case is not a remarkably strong one, the decree may be supported on the authority of Briggs v. Briggs, 20 Mich., 34, provided the testimony of the wife, on which to some extent the proof of cruelty depends, can be regarded as properly taken in the case. It appears from the record that when the wife was called to the stand as a witness by whom to prove the cruelty, her evidence was -objected to by the defense, but the…