Mayo v. Mayo

The libellant brought two libels for divorce, one charging extreme cruelty, the other adultery, which were tried together.

The only exception in the case for cruelty was to the exclusion by the court of the anonymous letter offered by the libellee. The fact that he had received an anonymous letter was put in by him, without objection, in explanation of his conduct. The letter was not evidence of the facts stated in it, and, whatever were its contents, could not justify abusive treatment of his wife. It was rightly rejected.

The other exceptions apply only to the libel for adultery.

The libellant…