Agrest v. Agrest

GrRONNA, District Judge.

This divorce action is here for trial ■de novo. The trial in District Court was held in October, 1946, shortly after this action was commenced. In December the trial court granted the wife (plaintiff and respondent) a decree of divorce and dismissed the counterclaim of the husband (defendant and appellant). The grounds for the divorce were extreme cruelty and habitual intemperance. The counterclaim alleged extreme cruelty and adultery.

There was a sharp conflict in the testimony. The trial court resolved those conflicts in favor of the wife by finding her allegations to…