Hacker v. Hacker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wash'ington county: A. Scott Sloak, Circuit Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. contended, inter alia, that on the plaintiff’s own testimony defendant was not guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manner, rudeness of language, want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wash'ington county: A. Scott Sloak, Circuit Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. contended, inter alia, that on the plaintiff’s own testimony defendant was not guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manner, rudeness of language, want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty. Freeman v. Freeman, 31 "Wis. 248; Evans v. Evans, 4 Eng. Ecc. Rep. 311; Crichton v. Crichton, 78 Wis. 62; Beyer v. Beyer, 50…
1Opinion of the CourtPinkev, J.
The plaintiff brought her action against the defendant for divorce from the bonds of matrimony, and for alimony, and also to set aside an antenuptial settlement on the ground of fraud and deceit. It was charged in the complaint, and denied in the answer, that the defendant had treated the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman manner; that he called her vile names (not fit to be here repeated), and when sick and suffering from rheumatism asked her to do some work for him, and, upon her telling him she was unable, he called her other vile names, and pushed her violently, and told her to go; that…
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