Israel v. Israel

Plaintiff brought this suit against the defendant, !his wife, for an absolute divorce, based upon her alleged acts of adultery.

Defendant denied the charges and set up in her answer by way of counterclaim, alleged acts of cruelty on the part of plaintiff and an abandonment of the defendant, and prayed for a decree of separation.

The plaintiff replied to the counterclaim, denying the acts of • cruelty but admitting the charge of abandonment and justifying it in the following allegations: “And plaintiff avers that he does refuse to support the defendant or to live with her on account of the…