Hand v. Hand

— “Water dripping day by day will wear the hardest rock away.” This old copybook maxim describes the plaintiff’s case, now before us on his appeal from an adverse judgment of the trial court. His petition for divorce from the defendant is based upon allegations of cruel and inhuman treatment sufficient to endanger his life, under the provisions of section 598.8, subsection 5, of the Code of 1962. The defendant filed her answer, without cross-petition, denying the material charges made in the petition, and upon trial the court found the evidence insufficient to require a decree for the…