Freeman v. Freeman

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is a libel for divorce by the husband against the wife, alleging two grounds: (a) that respondent “has by cruel and barbarous treatment endangered the libellant’s life; (b) has offered such indignities to the person of the libellant as to render his condition intolerable and life burdensome.”

A bill of particulars was filed, setting forth numerous instances of an uncontrollable violent temper during which respondent would throw overshoes, books and dirty dish-water at him, strike him with her fists, hit him with the flat part of a pressing iron and rain blows on…