Goldsmith v. Goldsmith

The plaintiff brings this proceeding for a separation from her husband, alleging cruelty and failure to support. The defendant denies the charges of cruelty and alleges continued misconduct on her part as justification for his refusal to maintain his wife. By way of counterclaim he also urges the behavior of his wife as grounds for a decree of separation in his own behalf.

The misconduct consists in persistent close association with a young man, Bjorkman, accompanied by many instances of demon*199stration of affection between them in the plaintiff’s automobile, in the vestibule, and on the public…