Cogswell v. Cogswell

Constance Moore Cogswell, plaintiff and respondent, and Charles Amos Cogswell, defendant and appellant, were married on August 12, 1916, at Spokane, Washington. They separated about May 12, 1924, and on May 17, 1924, Constance Moore Cogswell filed suit, in the Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda, for divorce on the ground of mental cruelty. Charles Amos Cogswell appeared by answer stipulated to be a specific and general denial.

A hearing was had and on June 5,1924, Judge T. W. Harris of the California court signed an interlocutory decree (Plffs. Ex. 1; Defts. Ex. B) as…