Kauk v. Kauk

After 13 months of married life the plaintiff husband brought divorce charging his wife with extravagance, neglect of household duties, hostility toward him and his mother and friends, and having a quarrelsome disposition. When sworn as a witness he admitted that shortly after their first child was born he struck his wife and that he stayed out practically all night and upon his return told his wife he had been out and had a good time with another woman. Thereupon the trial court refused to hear further corroborative testimony concerning plaintiff’s claimed grounds for divorce and dismissed…