Cote v. Cote

CADENA, Justice.

Delmar E. Cote appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting his wife, Anne M. Cote, a divorce on the ground of cruelty, awarding her custody of their minor child, and decreeing a division of their community property.

Appellant’s first contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment of divorce.

Since the decision of Chief Justice Hemphill in Sheffield v. Sheffield, 3 Tex. 79 (1848), it has been recognized that the ill treatment of one spouse by the other may be of such a nature as will render their further living together insupportable, even in…