Ring v. Ring

George W. Ring brought an action against his wife, Mamie S. Ring, for a total divorce. His petition alleged that at the time of their marriage she “ was addicted to the habitual and intemperate use of opium in its various forms, which habit rendered her unfit for the marriage state, in that it made her incapable to properly discharge her duties as wife and mother and to properly contribute to your petitioner’s happiness and comfort; ” that he, at the time of the marriage, did not know that she was addicted to such habit; that the habitual use of opium in its various forms “was ruinous to her…