Browning v. Browning

This is a petition for divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty, neglect to provide, and gross misbehavior. The case was heard by a justice of the superior court, sitting as a court of domestic relations, who granted the petition on the grounds of extreme cruelty and neglect to provide. The case is 'before us solely on the respondent’s exception to the decision.

It appears from the record that the parties were married on June 21, 1950 and that two children were born of the marriage. In her testimony petitioner related a long history of marital strife. She testified that respondent was guilty…