Mentzer v. Mentzer

The parties appear as in the trial court and will be so referred to herein.

Plaintiff filed her complaint for separate maintenance, alleging extreme and repeated acts of cruelty on the part of the defendant. Defendant, by his answer, denied the allegations of cruelty, and in his cross complaint alleged extreme and repeated acts of cruelty on the part of the plaintiff and prayed for a decree of divorce. The allegations of the cross complaint were denied by plaintiff. The case was submitted to a jury, resulting in a verdict in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff on the allegations…