Murdock v. Murdock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Martha J. Murdock, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Warren on the 5th day of July, 1911, upon the decision of the court, at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the Warren Trial Term before the court without a jury, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Betts, J. :
The parties were married November 15, 1906. They separated about February 25, 1907, plaintiff leaving defendant’s house after defendant had attempted to eject her therefrom and after much abuse by the defendant and his mother, with whom the parties lived, and after, as was later- found by the court, the defendant had been gmilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of plaintiff. Shortly thereafter the plaintiff brought an action for a separation alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Defendant denied this and alleged plaintiff’s absence from defendant without any intention of returning.…
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