Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Pierce

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 28, 1953PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Decree affirmed. The libellee appeals from a decree granting the libellant a divorce for cruel and abusive treatment. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 208, § 1. The judge found that on December 23, 1951, the libellee struck the libellant in the face with a bottle, gashing his lip; that the libellant thereupon left the house, but returned in the following month and continued to live with the libellee until May 11, 1952, when she struck him on the head with a package containing toilet water, raising a large bump; and that the libellant again left and since has not lived with the libellee. There had been…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Callan v. CallanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  2. Cabral v. CabralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  3. Hartwell v. HartwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. LaVigne v. LaVigneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957

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