Maben v. Maben
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Cerro Gordo District Court — IíoN. J. B. ClelaNd, Judge. ActioN for a divorce and custody of the children of the parties. The court granted a divorce, and gave the custody of the eldest child to the defendant, and the youngest to the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The parties were married in 1878, and the plaintiff left the defendant in October, 1882. The ground on which a divorce is asked is that the defendant “ is guilty of such inhuman treatment as to endanger the life ” of the plaintiff. After a careful examination of the evidence and argument of counsel, we have reached the conclusion that the evidence fails to show that the plaintiff’s life was endan*659gered, or that lier health was impaired, by the conduct of the defendant. We think there is a failure to establish that the defendant did anything which will justily a divorce. The plaintiff testified…
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