Jury v. Jury

On September 7, 1933, the defendant husband violently seized the plaintiff wife and threw her forcibly to the floor injuring her arms and back. This occurrence was closely followed by plaintiff’s leaving defendant’s home, and defendant’s refusal to permit her to have her clothes. We think the trial court rightly decided that this assault constituted cruel and inhuman treatment, and that it was sufficient for the granting of a judgment of separation in favor of plaintiff and against the defendant. We disapprove and reverse other findings of cruel and inhuman treatment as contrary to and…