Power v. Power

The bill for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty was answered, and, after hearing, was dismissed. Plaintiff has appealed. The parties have a son and daughter, 84 and 35 years of age, respectively. Plaintiff was a successful, hard working farmer in Oakland county, and, aided by defendant, accumulated considerable property. Trouble began in 1915, when, as plaintiff claims, defendant refused to cohabit, and persisted in such refusal for three years. In 1918 he had an attorney write a letter to her calling her attention to her duties as a wife, and in February, 1919, he filed a bill for…