Klakk v. Klakk

The defendant, Louis Klakk, seeks to set aside the decree of divorce granted on the complaint of Ellen J. Klakk, his wife. He contends that the complaint fails to state a cause of action for divorce based on allegations of extreme and repeated mental cruelty and that the judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

We conclude the proof is insufficient to establish grounds for divorce on the basis of the alleged mental cruelty.

The wife testified that she married defendant on January 17,1961. She was then 40 years old and a widow. He was 14 years younger. The first 10 years of the…