Hoffmann v. Hoffmann

Concededly defendant abandoned plaintiff. The crucial question is whether this conduct was justified. The record discloses much right and some wrong on both sides. This marriage seems to have been founded upon mutual affection and respect, which to some extent still remains and upon which it would seem that with reasonable mutual concessions a new marital life might fairly be begun. We must, however, decide the controversy and not plan the future. While there was some provocation for the abandonment, we think it did not amount to justification. The harsh letters written in 1924 by the…