Collinet v. Collinet

Plaintiff, Anna Collinet, brought suit for divorce against defendant, Harold Collinet, on grounds of extreme and repeated cruelty. The court, sitting without a jury, dismissed the suit for want of equity after plaintiff testified and before she completed her case. Plaintiff has appealed.

The parties were married in September, 1940, and cohabited until July, 1958, at which time they ceased to live together as husband and wife, although they have continued to reside in the same house. They have two teenage sons, the younger of whom is a spastic.

Plaintiff, in her verified complaint, alleges that…