Beyer v. Beyer

The plaintiff places her right to a divorce from the bond of matrimony, in her complaint, upon two grounds: first, the acts of adultery therein charged; second, the cruel and inhuman treatment of her by the defendant. The circuit court found that the plaintiff was entitled to a divorce upon both grounds. In respect to the second ground the court found that the defendant, for several years next preceding the abandonment of him by the plaintiff, was guilty of brutal, cruel and inhuman treatment of the plaintiff in this: by compelling her to overwork when in delicate health by reason of…