Schnuck v. Schnuck

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Plaintiff, Elizabeth Schnuck, brought this action against her husband, Henry H. Schnuck, for divorce and alimony, and for the custody of their five infant children. The grounds on which she sought a divorce were: (1) that the defendant had, for more than six months last .past, behaved towards her in such a. cruel and inhuman manner as to indicate in him a settled aversion to her, and to destroy permanently her peace and happiness; (2) such cruel beating and injury by the defendant as *134indicated in him an outrageous temper and…