White v. White

Shepherd, District Judge.

Mr. White sued Mrs. White for a divorce, alleging extreme cruelty in three counts or causes of action. She had falsely accused him of having a loathsome venereal disease ; upon occasion she had attacked him, called him a liar, and shaken him; at divers other times she had flown into fits of rage against him, in' one of which she menaced him with a stool and threatened she would knock his brains out. He declared that this cruelty had brought him great grief and humiliation, resulting in ill health. Mrs. White filed *851an answer and cross-petition denying these charges,…