Legal Opinion

Berryman v. Berryman

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1886PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal to Genesee. (Newton, J.) Appeal from decree of divorce by defendant. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

This is a proceeding for divorce. The complainant charges habitual drunkenness and extreme cruelty against the defendant, which he denies.

A lengthy discussion of the evidence will, in our opinion, serve no useful purpose. The facts, in brief, are that these parties, both now over the age of sixty years, were married in 1849 and lived together until 1883, at which time five *608grown-up children were living, the oldest thirty-one years of age and the youngest about sixteen, four married and living away from home, and Lizzie, the youngest, going away and residing with her mother.

The evidence shows…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Sylvis v. SylvisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
  2. Pingree v. PingreeMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Texas & Western Telegraph & Telephone Co v. MacKenzieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  4. Hereid v. HereidSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
  5. Rossman v. RossmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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