Gilson v. Gilson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This is a divorce case in which the wife brought suit based on the grounds of desertion and extreme cruelty and prayed the custody of their children, and that the husband be compelled to support the children and herself.

The extreme cruelty alleged was that the husband made his wife the victim of his violent and ungoverned temper, calling her names and accusing her of unchastity. No physical violence is asserted or proved.

The desertion is alleged to have occurrred in January, 1929, although the parties continued to live under the same roof up…