Bizer v. Bizer
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee;. Judge. The plaintiff prayed for a divorce on the ground that defendant had committed adultery, The defendant based her prayer for like relief on the charge of adultery, cruelty,, and habitual drunkenness. The petition was dismissed, and,, on the cross petition, a decree entered as prayed, on the-finding that plaintiff had, since marriage, become an habitual drunkard. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
*2501 *249These parties were married in 1882, having a daughter fourteen years old, and a son of twelve years, and separated in August, 1897, — a few days after this action was begun. During the last eighteen months they had not cohabited. She explained that her refusal was because of having contracted gonorrhea from him, and his failure to-produce a doctor’s certificate of his cure as a condition precedent. He denies ever having been afflicted with such a disease, and certainly the evidence falls short of establishing the necessary exposure. Doubtless, the defendant believed she was suffering from…
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