Bloomfield v. Bloomfield

The plaintiff brought this action to obtain a divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty and has appealed from a judgment for the defendant. The finding, with such minor corrections as are warranted, supports the determination that the conduct of the defendant was cruel but not intolerable.

“Intolerable cruelty” as used in § 7327 of the General Statutes has a subjective as well as an objective meaning. There must be not only proof of acts of cruelty on the part of the defendant but also proof that in their cumulative effect upon the plaintiff they are intolerable in the sense of rendering…