Hammond v. Hammond
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Libel, filed in the Superior Court on August 13, 1920, for ■divorce on the grounds of cruel and abusive treatment and of gross and confirmed habits of intoxication caused by the voluntary •and excessive use of intoxicating liquor. There was no specification as to the grounds charged in the libel. The answer was a general denial and an allegation that, if either of the offences alleged was committed, it had been condoned by the libellant by continuance of cohabitation.
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Libel, filed in the Superior Court on August 13, 1920, for ■divorce on the grounds of cruel and abusive treatment and of gross and confirmed habits of intoxication caused by the voluntary •and excessive use of intoxicating liquor. There was no specification as to the grounds charged in the libel. The answer was a general denial and an allegation that, if either of the offences alleged was committed, it had been condoned by the libellant by continuance of cohabitation. In the Superior Court the libel was heard by Wait, J. Material evidence and rulings by the judge are described in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The libellant charged the libellee with cruel and abusive treatment and gross and confirmed habits of intoxication. The libel was filed on August 13, 1920. It was found that the libellee was at one time guilty of gross and confirmed habits of intoxication, which habits were later overcome; that he abstained from the use of intoxicating liquor from December, 1919, until July, 1920. On July 3 and 4, 1920, and again on August 1 of that year he was drunk. The judge was not satisfied that the libellee was guilty of cruel and abusive treatment when not intoxicated, and found that he was not cruel…
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