Boeck v. Boeck

The plaintiff brought this action in the district court of Richardson county to obtain a decree of divorce from the defendant upon the ground of extreme cruelty. A statement of the acts of cruelty constituting the cause of action are set out in the petition, and are alleged to have been committed between the month of May, 1873, and March, *1971879. The defendant, in his answer, denies the acts of cruelty complained of, pleads cruelty on the part of the wife, and that she “is a person of violent and ungovernable temper,” etc. On the trial of the cause the court found for the defendant and…