Nelson v. Nelson

The plaintiff wife seeks a decree of divorce on her complaint as amended, and so also does the defendant hnsband on his cross complaint. The alleged ground common to both pleadings is that of intolerable cruelty. In an amendment to her complaint, the plaintiff alleges adultery on the part of the defendant as an additional ground.

As to the claim of intolerable cruelty made by each party against the other: Perhaps no better explanation of the comprehensive scope of the expression “intolerable cruelty” as applied to the marriage relationship when tested in a divorce action brought on that ground…