Robinson v. Robinson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Libel for divorce, filed February 24, 1890, charging extreme cruelty, treatment seriously injuring health, and treatment seririously endangering reason. The parties were married at Little-ton November 28, 1882. The defendant has resided in Littleton since 1855, and the plaintiff since 1879. In 1884 the defendant became interested in the subject of Christian Science, and a believer in its doctrines.
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Libel for divorce, filed February 24, 1890, charging extreme cruelty, treatment seriously injuring health, and treatment seririously endangering reason. The parties were married at Little-ton November 28, 1882. The defendant has resided in Littleton since 1855, and the plaintiff since 1879. In 1884 the defendant became interested in the subject of Christian Science, and a believer in its doctrines. She attended lectures and courses of instruction in the science, and received the degree of “Doctor of Christian Science.” In the fall and winter of 1884 she practised as a Christian Science doctor…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The act of February 17, 1791, declared that “ divorces may be decreed for the cause of extreme cruelty in either of the parties.” Laws (ed. 1830) 157. What constitutes extreme cruelty was left to be determined by the ecclesiastical common law. “ Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty ; they are high moral offences in the marriage state undoubtedly, not innocent surely in any state of life, but still they are ifot…
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