Freeny v. Freeny
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wicomico County. The bill of complaint in this cause charged that the defendant had for some years treated his wife, the plaintiff, with great cruelty, harshness and brutality, at times striking, kicking and beating her, and that on account of his intolerable conduct she was obliged to leave his house and seek shelter elsewhere. The bill prayed for a divorce a mensa et thoro, alimony, and the the custody of three infant children.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wicomico County. The bill of complaint in this cause charged that the defendant had for some years treated his wife, the plaintiff, with great cruelty, harshness and brutality, at times striking, kicking and beating her, and that on account of his intolerable conduct she was obliged to leave his house and seek shelter elsewhere. The bill prayed for a divorce a mensa et thoro, alimony, and the the custody of three infant children. Objection having been made to the competency of these children, aged about six, nine and eleven years, respectively, to testify,…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The bill in this case was filed for a divorce a mensa. The ground alleged is cruelty of treatment. The questions presented, with the exception of a few minor ones in regard to exceptions to testimony, involve issues df fáct, and may be *408briefly disposed of. We entirely agree with the conclusions announced by the learned Judges below. The case was heard before a full bench, and the carefully prepared and exhaustive opinion, which was concurred in by all the Judges, after reviewing all the testimony, grants to the wife the relief she prays for in her bill.
This conclusion is in our opinion…
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