Elsinger v. Elsinger

This is an action for divorce brought by the husband against the wife on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The answer denies the charge and asks that the complaint be dismissed. There was no counterclaim for divorce.

The parties were intermarried on June 8, 1909, in the town of LeRoy, Dodge county, Wisconsin. There has been no prior action for divorce. Nine children were the result of the union, five girls and four boys, all now married excepting Theodore, twenty-four years of age, who has always worked and lived on the farm with his parents.

The appellant herein asserts the doctrine of…