Smith v. Smith

This is a suit for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, under chapter 187 of the act of 1923. P.L. 1923 p. 494. The petitioner sets forth a course of cruel and brutal treatment, categorically and in detail, beginning shortly after the marriage in 1915 and continuing until the wife separated in 1923. The suit was begun November 30th, 1923. The allegations are proved by the testimony of the wife, and of the truth of it I have no doubt, and of the fact of extreme cruelty there can be no question. The failure of the husband to deny the charges (few self-respecting innocent husbands would let…