Conant v. Conant
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, County of San Francisco. This was a suit for divorce from the bonds of matrimony, brought by the wife against her husband.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, County of San Francisco. This was a suit for divorce from the bonds of matrimony, brought by the wife against her husband. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was married to the defendant on the twenty-fourth of May, 1854, at San Francisco, and as grounds of divorce, charges : 1. That after the marriage of the parties, the defendant became, and has been for the space of two years last past, and still is, habitually intemperate, idle, and profligate; 2. That the defendant has willfully neglected to provide the plaintiff the…
1ConcurrenceBaldwin, J.
The plaintiff charges in her complaint, as grounds of divorce, the habitual intemperance of the defendant; his neglect to pro*253vide for her the common necessaries of life, for the period of three years next preceding the commencement of this suit, having the ability to provide the same; extreme cruelty on his part; and adultery committed whilst she was living with him, “ at the city of San Francisco, at divers times, with persons to the plaintiff unknown;” and adultery committed since she ceased to live with him, “ at the said city of San Francisco, with divers other persons, whose names are to…
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