Sallee v. Sallee

This is an action for divorce, and the appeal is from an interlocutory decree rendered in favor of the plaintiff.

The complaint contains four alleged causes of action, but they repeatedly cover the same ground, and, if at all, justify a decree in favor of the plaintiff upon but two theories. These are, extreme cruelty under section 94 of the Civil Code, or desertion under section 98 of the Civil Code.

The cruelty charged is purely mental in character, and consists of accusations made by the defendant to the plaintiff directly, and to a third person, charging him with improper attentions to…