Takagi v. Takagi

Plaintiff sues defendant for separation, claiming various acts of physical mistreatment, failure to support and breach of a premarital promise to embrace her religious faith. The complaint charges that the defendant physically assaulted the plaintiff on numerous occasions in 1959, 1960 and 1961. Defendant vigorously denies these allegations. The court heard this case without a jury.

Both parties testified that they continued to live together in the same apartment at 11 Janice Street in the City of Buffalo, New York, up to and on the first day of trial. Indeed, they continued to share the same…