Burtt v. Burtt
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; A. B. Barnes, Judge. Action for divorce by Wilson Bryant Burtt against Marion Stiles Burtt, in which the defendant filed a counterclaim for separate maintenance. From a decree denying the divorce sought by plaintiff and granting the relief sought by defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorfman, C. J.
The parties to this action are husband and wife. On September 23, 1920, the plaintiff commenced the action by filing a complaint in the district court of Salt Lake county charging the defendant with cruelty as grounds for divorce. After the usual jurisdictional averments as to marriage and residence, the charging part of the complaint as to cruelty, briefly stated, consists of the following:
“That the plaintiff has suffered dire humiliation because of being deprived of the .social and fraternal fellowship of the friends, *460acquaintances, and associates of equal rank and station with the…
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