Hughes v. Hughes

This is a cause matrimonial, in which hoth parties find the yoke which binds them irksome and galling and seek a divorce from each other under reciprocal charges of adultery. To her charge of adultery Mrs. Hughes adds one of extreme and repeated cruelty.

Before entering upon or discussing these recriminatory charges of adultery, we will dispose of Mrs. Hughes’ accusation of extreme and repeated cruelty against her husband. It is firmly settled by the law of this State that a charge of extreme and repeated cruelty does not constitute a sufficient recriminatory defense to a charge of adultery.…