Westberry v. Westberry

A married woman instituted a suit for divorce, for permanent and temporary alimony, for custody of the children issue of the marriage, a girl of 16 years and a boy of 10 years, and for attorney’s fees for prosecuting the suit. The ground of complaint was alleged cruel treatment consisting of continual “immoral” relations with other women, so conspicuous as to attract the attention of the children, cause public notoriety, and humiliate petitioner; failure to provide support for the family; assault by defendant rubbing his fist in the face of petitioner with a threat; and false charges that…