Otterbacher v. Otterbacher

This is another skirmish in the war between men and women. The protagonists became husband and wife in 1944 and their marriage endured until July of 1964 when the wife sued for a divorce a mensa et thoro. She has appealed from the decree dismissing her bill of complaint.

The incident which the wife claims justified her leaving the husband occurred on 18 June 1964. She had come home from work about 4 P. M. and, since it had been a hot day, she made a “Tom Collins” for herself and her mother, who was visiting them. When the husband arrived he busied himself with some back issues of the Wall…