Fuller v. Fuller
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Twelfth District. Suit by the husband against the wife for divorce, on the grounds of extreme cruelty and adultery.
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Appeal from the Twelfth District. Suit by the husband against the wife for divorce, on the grounds of extreme cruelty and adultery. The substance of the complaint is, that they were married in June, 1851, and continued to live together until May, 1857; that between 1852 and 1858 defendant was guilty of extreme cruelty on various occasions, as follows, to wit: That in June, 1852, in San Francisco, she assaulted and beat him over the head with a shovel; in July, 1853, on their ranch in Contra Costa county, she bit his arm, scratched his face and tore his clothes ; in July, 1854, at the same…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Field, C. J. concurring.
It would subserve no useful purpose to go through the pleadings and proofs in this case. It is a bill for divorce, filed by the husband against the wife, upon charges of adultery and extreme cruelty. Upon either of these charges, if sustained, the plaintiff was entitled to a decree. The learned Judge below ordered special issues to a jury. These issues involved the principal matters of crimination and recrimination involved in the pleadings. The jury found for the plaintiff upon the two principal allegations of the complaint, and, upon this finding, the Court decreed…
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