Endsley v. Endsley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. — Ron. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) It was the duty of the court, in a divorce suit, to review the whole of the evidence. (2) The finding of the court should state the description of acts which constitute the indignities complained of, particularly when third persons are introduced as actors in the domestic difficulties of man and wife.
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Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. — Ron. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) It was the duty of the court, in a divorce suit, to review the whole of the evidence. (2) The finding of the court should state the description of acts which constitute the indignities complained of, particularly when third persons are introduced as actors in the domestic difficulties of man and wife. The finding of the court in this case fails to set out any particular indignity offered to appellee- Bowers v. Bowers, 19 Mo. 351. (3) To. authorize the granting of a divorce, one of the parties asking for it must be both the…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
The plaintiff sued defendant for divorce, and defendant answered by cross-bill in which he asked a divorce. Each charged the other with intolerable indignities. The trial court rendered judgment for defendant on his cross-bill and plaintiff comes here for relief.
Plaintiff was a widow and defendant a widower, each with children when they married. The evidence tended to show that plaintiff was possessed of a high and ungovernable temper; that she frequently assaulted defendant, and threatened him and his children with great bodily harm. That she humiliated and disgraced him by quarreling with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- King v. KingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
- Bowers v. BowersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- Brown v. BrownMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893