Marcotte v. Marcotte

This is a petition for divorce, the grounds alleged therefor being neglect to provide and extreme cruelty. The matter was heard by a justice of the family court. A decision for the petitioner was entered on January 21, 1964, granting the petition on the ground of extreme cruelty. From that decision the respondent has prosecuted a bill of exceptions to this court.

Substantial evidence was adduced to show acts of cruelty on the part of respondent. This consisted primarily of the testimony of petitioner that on several occasions during 1962 respondent had attacked her, striking her and attempting…