Reed v. Reed
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Washoe County. Action for divorce. From the findings of the Court below it appears that the parties were married on February 19th, 1866, and lived and cohabited together as husband and wife until March 6th, 1867 ; that on December 23d, 1866, defendant moderately corrected the child of plaintiff by a former husband by tying it, not to exceed five minutes, to a post on the porch of their house, and upon the…
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Washoe County. Action for divorce. From the findings of the Court below it appears that the parties were married on February 19th, 1866, and lived and cohabited together as husband and wife until March 6th, 1867 ; that on December 23d, 1866, defendant moderately corrected the child of plaintiff by a former husband by tying it, not to exceed five minutes, to a post on the porch of their house, and upon the interference of plaintiff, treated her person with some violence, but did her no serious physical injury; that on March 6th,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Lewis, J.
The plaintiff, upon the allegations of ill-treatment and extreme cruelty, asks a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between herself and the defendant. After a full hearing of the evidence on both sides, the Judge below refused the relief prayed for. From this ruling an appeal is taken, the plaintiff assigning as errors, 1st, that the findings of fact are not supported by the evidence ; and 2d, that the facts as found entitle the plaintiff to a decree. Upon both of these propositions our conclusion is adverse to plaintiff. Her testimony, if it stood…
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