Cattison v. Cattison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. This was an application by Thomas Cattison v. Susan Cattison, his wife, for a divorce. In the petition it was averred that his wife had wilfully and maliciously deserted his habitation for upwards of two years.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. This was an application by Thomas Cattison v. Susan Cattison, his wife, for a divorce. In the petition it was averred that his wife had wilfully and maliciously deserted his habitation for upwards of two years. In the answer her absence was admitted, but it was averred that in July, 1847, and for a long time before, the said petitioner, by the indulgence of a violent temper and intemperate habits and by repeated indignities to her person, had embittered her life; and that on the 1st July, 1847, he assaulted her with a knife in his hand and hurt…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
The libellant charged that his wife had wilfully and maliciously deserted his habitation without any just or reasonable cause, for two years and upwards; and on this ground prayed for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. In her answer she denies the wilful and malicious desertion, and assigns as the cause of her leaving him, his violent temper, intemperate habits, and repeated indignities to her person which had embittered her life; and especially that on the first day of July, 1847, he assaulted her with a knife in his hand, hurt her, and drove…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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