Legal Opinion

McEvoy v. McEvoy

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 27, 1923PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.

In Morehouse v. Morehouse, 70 Conn. 420, 39 Atl. 516, we said, and in Jacobs v. Jacobs, 95 Conn. 57, 110 Atl. 455, and Sweet v. Sweet, 97 Conn. 693,118 Atl. 36, we repeated and emphasized the statement, that to constitute ground for divorce, the cruelty complained of must be of such a nature as to be intolerable, and to render a continuance of the relation by the suffering victim impracticable. In Mayhew v. Mayhew, 61 Conn. 233, 23 Atl. 966, and the Morehouse case and the Jacobs case, the fact that the cruelty was intolerable by the victim was found by the trier. In the Sweet case there was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Morehouse v. MorehouseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
  2. Jacobs v. JacobsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
  3. Sweet v. SweetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
  4. Mayhew v. MayhewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Miano v. ThorneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. Campbell v. CampbellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  3. Swist v. SwistSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  4. Vanguilder v. VanguilderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
  5. Morris v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945

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