Main v. Main
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon. K. E. Willcockson, Judge. Action for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Petition dismissed and judgment for defendant for support money and costs and attorney fees. Plaintiff appeals. The material facts are stated in the opinion.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The petition filed July 3, 1912, shows that the parties were married on November 16, 1911, and charges that defendant is a person of “very high and violent temper” which she does not try to control; that without cause she curses and swears at plaintiff and applies to him vile names and epithets; that she possesses a revolver and has repeatedly threatened to shoot and kill the plaintiff and that finally on June 3, 1912, she cursed the plaintiff, called him vile names, and drove him from the home and threatened to kill him, and that when thus cast out he took his team and started to find refuge…
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