MacOrmac v. MacOrmac

Argued April 10, 1946. In this uncontested divorce action the master who heard the case recommended a divorce for the husband libellant on the ground of indignities to the person, "rendering his condition intolerable and his life burdensome". The court below refused the recommendation of the master and dismissed the libel, and this appeal followed.

The parties were married on October 8, 1931, and of this marriage two sons were born, aged 13 and 12 years at the time of the hearing. The libellant is 32 years of age and a machinist by trade. He enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1943,…