Morris v. Morris
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Twelfth District. Action of divorce by the wife against the husband for extreme cruelty. The case was sent to a referee to find facts and report a judgment. The referee reported in favor of plaintiff. The court below refused to enter judgment in accordance with the report, and gave judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
This is an action for divorce, on the ground of extreme emelty. It appears that the parties were married in Philadeljffiia, on the 28th of December, 1849, and came to this State in the month of -November, 1852, where they resided and cohabited as husband and wife until their separation, in Jan. 1857. There is some evidence showing that the marriage was never productive of much happiness to either of the parties. The plaintiff, if her own declarations are to be relied on, was an unwilling party to its consummation, and sacrificed her own feelings to the authority of her mother. It could hardly…
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