Peyre v. Peyre

Belcher, C. C.

Plaintiff and defendant were husband and wife. Plaintiff commenced an action for divorce on the ground of defendant’s habitual intemperance. Defendant by her answer denied the charge made against her, and, as a separate defense, alleged that while she was sick, plaintiff, with intent to make her worse, compelled her to drink some mixture concocted by him, and that after she had taken it she became so ill that she was unable to leave her bed; “and while she was ill the plaintiff caused her to be removed to a hospital for inebriates, and had her imprisoned therein without her…