Heney v. Heney

Plaintiff, Patrick A. Heney, Jr., and Bernice Burke were married in 1930. Their one child, Barbara Anne, was born in 1936. In November, 1941, the plaintiff, who had been accustomed to disappearing for long periods, left the home given them by plaintiff’s father and mother at the time of their marriage, and never returned. Shortly after deserting his family, he established his residence at a summer home which he owned at Lake Lucerne. In his opening statement of the case, his counsel said, by way of explanation:

“He found it impossible to live at home and life was made so miserable for him…