Legal Opinion

Douglass v. Douglass

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 22, 1890PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Woodbury District Court. — Host. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Action for divorce and alimony. There was a decree for the plaintiff, from which the defendant, appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.

l. divorce : Shuman3 treatment. I. The ground of plaintiff’s action is cruel and inhuman treatment. The parties were mar-Ned in 1872, and have resided at Sioux City for fourteen years before the commencement 0£ sujp. The specific acts constituting-the alleged cruel and inhuman treatment are, harsh and abusive language, threats and occasional'acts of personal violence. We will not review the testimony at-length, nor make extended comments. It abounds-with efforts, as is so often true in this class of cases, in attempts to go into the forgiven past to unbury the-little incidents that, because…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Schwarzbach v. Ohio Valley Protective UnionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Massie v. MassieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
  3. Craig v. CraigSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  4. Murray v. MurraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
  5. Egidi v. EgidiSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1915

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