Barnsdall v. Barnsdall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 127, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 189, on verdict for defendant. Libel for divorce for cruel and barbarous treatment.
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Appeal, No. 127, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 189, on verdict for defendant. Libel for divorce for cruel and barbarous treatment. Before Olmsted, P. J., and Morrison, J. When the libellant was on the stand he was asked this question : Q. Now during this period from 1881 to 1886, and more particularly during the period immediately preceding your leaving home, what was the effect of this conduct upon you, so far as relating to your ability to attend to your ordinary business affairs ? Objected to as incompetent, that he is not an expert and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
The learned judge of the court below thought the libellant was not entitled to a divorce from his wife under the act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 644, unless he showed that her treatment of him endangered his life. While this was his view of the law governing the case he considered that the respondent had done all she could to render the condition of the libellant “ miserable and wretched,” and that it would be better for them and the public if they were divorced. In short the learned judge would have 'gladly submitted the case to the jury if he had believed the…
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