Tufts v. Tufts
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of dismissal upon demurrer of the district court of the third district. The opinion states the facts.
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Appeal from a judgment of dismissal upon demurrer of the district court of the third district. The opinion states the facts. The grounds of divorce under the old statute of March 6, 1852, were the following: “ Impotency of the defendant at the time of the marriage; adultery committed by the defendant subsequent to the marriage; willful desertion of his wife by the defendant, or absenting himself without a reasonable cause for more than one year; habitual drunkenness of defendant subsequent to marriage; conviction of defendant for felony subsequent to marriage; inhuman treatment so as to…
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, J.:
The appellant in this case filed her complaint for divorce October 15, 1891, alleging, among other things, that she was married to the defendant in November, 1869, at Salt Lake City, where she had resided since that time; and that for several months following her said marriage she was required by the defendant to reside with his mother, and *144that during such residence she was subject to, and made the victim of, repeated acts of extreme cruelty on the part of the defendant and his mother, which, if true, would ordinarily entitle her to a decree of divorce. These acts are sufficiently…
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