Rausch v. Rausch

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The lower court granted a divorce on the ground of cruel and barbarous treatment. We are unable to find evidence sustaining a decree on that ground nor on desertion or indignities which are also charged in the libel. In our view there is no evidence of a single act of cruel and barbarous treatment. As to desertion, libellant was not driven from his home, as he asserts, and the conduct of the wife did not supply reasonable cause for his leaving. On the charge of indignities, the testimony, considered in its entirety, does not meet the standard of clear and satisfactory proof…