Dawson v. Dawson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis County Circuit Court, Elijah Robinson, Special Judge. Alex. Martin, for the appellant: Habitual drunkenness produced by opium is within the spirit of the statute. Barter v. Barter, 14 Laws Rep. 375. Habitual drunkenness produced by opiates is an indignity for which a divorce may be granted.' Kimpf v. Kimpf., 34 Mo. 211. tion produced by the use of opiates does not constitute drunkenness within the meaning of the statute. Comp. Laws Conn. 378-9.
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
This is an action for divorce. Two of the statutory grounds are assigned by the plaintiff: 1. That the defendant has been addicted to habitual drunkenness for the period of one year, next preceding the institution of this suit. 2. That she has offered to the plaintiff such indignities as to render his condition intolerable.
The defendant denied the allegations of the petition and filed a cross-bill on the ground of indignities offered to her. The cause was tried by a special judge selected by the parties, who, upon the hearing of the cause, dismissed both bill and cross-bill, and the plaintiff…
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