Boter v. Boter

Peter S. Boter, plaintiff, was granted a decree of divorce from Mabel Boter, defendant, on- the ground of extreme cruelty. Although the judge believed that plaintiff was entitled to a divorce, he delayed the granting of the decree in the hope that after a cooling-off period the parties might become reconciled. A reconciliation was not effected because, as the judge stated “the differences that underlie their frequent clashes are too deep-seated.”

The record indicates that most of the time both parties behaved as persons of intelligence and refinement. They both did some drinking and this, to a…