Anthony v. Anthony

Mrs. Mary L. Anthony brought against her husband, Joseph L. Anthony, a libel for divorce on two grounds. One of them was cruel treatment. The other, in view of the record, requires no notice at our bands. The alleged cruelty consisted in the respondent’s accusing the libelant of having communicated to him a venereal disease, and in threatening to sue her for a divorce upon that ground. Anthony filed a cross-libel, in which he prayed for a divorce on the ground of adultery. The case coming on for a trial, the jury returned two separate and distinct verdicts, which were as follows: “We, the…