Sullivan v. Sullivan

This was a petition for a divorce on the grounds of cruel treatment and failure to provide, filed by the appellee against the appellant. It alleges, that after their marriage the parties lived together unpleasantly and disagreeably until May, 1867, when she left him and remained away for a period of six months, at the end of which time, in consequence of his solemn promises to treat her well and kindly, she returned; that he kept his pledge, “ by the greatest effort,” for about one month. The acts of cruel treatment are alleged to have taken place after this time, as also the failure to…