Shepard v. Shepard

The plaintiff sued for a divorce from the defendant upon the grounds of extreme cruelty. The complaint alleged that the parties intermarried in June, 1909; that they resided in the county of Humboldt for the statutory period; that two children were born of the marriage; and that they separated on the 18th of February, 1922. The charge of cruelty found in the complaint related to the conduct of the defendant regarding his association with other women, and it was alleged that during the period of two years last past defendant had received many letters of a loving and affectionate nature from…