Tarrant v. Tarrant
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Eon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Single or occasional acts of drunkenness do not constitute one an habitual drunkard. Evans v. Modern Woodmen, 129 S. W. 485; Jackson County v. Schmid, 124 S. W. 1074; Sitton v. Grand Lodge, 84 Mo. App, 208; Glenn v. Glenn, 87 Mo. App. 877; Ishler v. Ishler, 81 Mo. App. 567; Golding v. Golding, 6 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Eon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) Single or occasional acts of drunkenness do not constitute one an habitual drunkard. Evans v. Modern Woodmen, 129 S. W. 485; Jackson County v. Schmid, 124 S. W. 1074; Sitton v. Grand Lodge, 84 Mo. App, 208; Glenn v. Glenn, 87 Mo. App. 877; Ishler v. Ishler, 81 Mo. App. 567; Golding v. Golding, 6 Mo. App. 602; McBee v. McBee, 22 Ore. 329; Bizer v. Bizer, Í10 la. 248; Walton v. Walton, 34 Mass. 195; Magahay v. Magahay, 35 Mich. 210; Richards v. Richards, 19 111. App. 465; State v. Robinson, 111 Ala. 482; Tatum v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCaulfield, J.
This is a suit for divorce by the wife against the husband. The only cause alleged which we need notice is that the defendant had been addicted to habitual drunkenness for the space of one year. The circuit court granted plaintiff a divorce and defendant has appealed.
I. The defendant contends that the evidence does not sustain the charge of habitual drunkenness for the space of one year. We do not agree with him in. this contention.
*728The parties were married June 19, 1903, and immediately removed to Philadelphia, the home of the defendant. About January 1, 1904, defendant commenced to drink and…
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