Haley v. Haley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Garland Circuit-Court in Chancery. Hon. J. B. "Wood, Circuit Judge. Reviews the evidence in detail, and contends that it does not establish the complaint. A divorce will not be granted on grounds of ill treatment, where such treatment may be attributed to the misconduct or fault of the complaining party, or is not of such character, duration and frequency as to evince settled hatred, total loss of affection, and a fixed purpose of mistreating complainant.
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APPEAL from Garland Circuit-Court in Chancery. Hon. J. B. "Wood, Circuit Judge. Reviews the evidence in detail, and contends that it does not establish the complaint. A divorce will not be granted on grounds of ill treatment, where such treatment may be attributed to the misconduct or fault of the complaining party, or is not of such character, duration and frequency as to evince settled hatred, total loss of affection, and a fixed purpose of mistreating complainant. Nor is being drunk three or four times in as many years habitual drunkenness. 38 Ark., 119; lb., 334; 33 lb., 156.
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
Mrs. Bridget Haley, the appellee, on the thirteenth of January, 1883, brought suit against her husband for a divorce, alleging, among other things, that he freely used towards her approbrious epithets; and was, and had been for years, in the habit of offering to her such personal indignities as rendered her condition intolerable ; evincing discontent by sullen silence for days and weeks towards her, together with conduct specially set forth which, if true, would manifestly sustain the charge of rendering her situation as his wife intolerable. They have a child, a boy of about six years old.…
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