Thrift v. Thrift

Dubois. C. J.

This is a petition for divorce, alleging extreme cruelty on the part of the respondent towards the petitioner. The case was heard by one of the justices of the Superior Court, who rendered a decision in favor of the petitioner. The respondent thereupon filed his motion for a new trial, which was based upon the following grounds: That the decision is against the evidence and the weight thereof; that the court erred as a matter of law in not dismissing the petition on the evidence presented to it; that the court erred as a matter of law in deciding that the respondent had been…