Wheeler v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Giroidt Gowrt. Action for a divorce, on the grounds that the defendant, since the marriage, had become addicted to “ habitual drunkenness,” and that he was guilty of such “ inhuman treatment as to endanger the life of his wife.” The prayer of the peti-( tion was granted, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
i. divorce : intoxication. At the time of the marriage, in 1859, the plaintiff was sixteen, and the defendant about thirty-one years of age. They resided for a time thereafter in Wisconsin, but for several years they have resided in Polk county, Iowa. The defendant testifies that he was *512addicted to an excessive use of intoxicating liquors before bis marriage; that on one or more occasions he was drunk, and that tbe plaintiff so knew. But we find, as a matter of fact, that he was not a habitual drunkard at the time of his marriage.
No permanent reformation of the admitted habit has taken’…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Beebe v. BeebeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Knight v. KnightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Caruthers v. CaruthersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
3Cited by29 opinions
- Massie v. MassieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
- Doolittle v. DoolittleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Sylvis v. SylvisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
- Wilkinson v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Murray v. MurraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
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