Goshorn v. Goshorn

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The parties had been married for about eight years when the libellant left his wife on May 23, 1947; this was only a few weeks after the birth of their second daughter. He then brought this action in divorce charging indignities to his person. The case was thoroughly tried by Judge Soffel of the court below who dismissed the libel for the reason that libellant had not sustained the burden upon him of proving that he was an injured and innocent spouse.

This husband and wife were members of an intimate group of young married people whose sole form of social expression, so far…