Souza v. Souza

This is a divorce case in which the husband is the plaintiff. The defendant wife pleaded acts of misconduct on the part of the plaintiff, but she used those allegations only defensively and not as the basis for seeking a divorce at her own instance. The trial court granted a divorce to the plaintiff, from which the defendant now appeals.

On this appeal defendant urges two grounds for reversal: (1) that plaintiff failed to establish that he was an innocent party; and (2) that the court below relied on matters other than evidence produced in the case. We shall consider those contentions in…