Ashwell v. Ashwell

The defendant wife, Inez Ashwell, appeals from a judgment of divorce granted her husband, plaintiff Percy Ashwell. She contends that the evidence fails to establish a sufficient basis for granting an absolute divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty and that the trial judge erred in distributing the property of the parties and in granting her $1,500 in lieu of permanent alimony.

The evidence offered in behalf of the husband amply supports the judge’s conclusion that the husband had established grounds for a divorce. The judge, who sat as trier of the fact and was the judge of the credibility…