Cohen v. Cohen

DRAPEAU, J. *

Blanche Louise Cohen and Louis Cohen were married December 9, 1944. They separated after they had lived together for two months more than 10 years. They had no children.

Mrs. Cohen sued her husband for divorce, alleging grievous mental cruelty; he cross-complained for divorce upon the same ground.

The trial judge found that each of them had inflicted grievous mental cruelty upon the other, and granted each of them a divorce. (De Burgh v. De Burgh, 39 Cal.2d 858 [250 P.2d 598].)

The judge awarded the wife alimony at the rate of $125 a week for the first year, and after that $150 a…