Kelso v. Kelso

November 8, 1962, plaintiff, James Kelso, filed a bill of complaint against Ms wife, Mary Kelso, seeking an absolute divorce and custody of the 4 minor children, claiming that Ms wife was guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty and that she had improperly associated with male companions over a period of several years.

Defendant wife answered denying her husband’s allegations and in a cross bill of complaint accused him with acts of extreme and repeated cruelty and prayed for an absolute decree of divorce and permanent custody of the minor children.

At the conclusion of a lengthy hearing held in…