Cole v. Beyland

The action is for debauching the plaintiff’s wife and alienating her affections. The defendant, after denying the allegations of the complaint, pleads, “as a separate and further defense, * * * that long prior to the times mentioned in * * " the complaint the plaintiff herein, by Ms unmanly, unkind, abusive, scandalous, niggardly, penurious, vindictive, and offensive treatment of the said Anna M. Cole [plaintiff’s wife], alienated and destroyed any respect, regard, esteem, love, or affection wMch the said Anna M. Cole ever had, or might have had, for the plaintiff herein, and thereby deprived…