McElnea v. McElnea

This is an action brought for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty under the 1923 supplement of the Divorce act.

The petition is dated June 15th, 1927, and the acts of cruelty complained of therein took place prior to December 15th, 1926. An answer was filed; there was no counter-claim.

The petitioner and defendant lived together from the year 1917 until September, 1926, at which time cohabitation finally ceased. The petitioner, with her two children, continued to occupy the same house with the defendant up to July, 1927, at which time the petitioner left the house with her children, and…