Metcalf v. Metcalf

Plaintiff husband, Clifford Metcalf, sued for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, MCLA § 552.7 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 25.87). This appeal is from the circuit court judgment granting the plaintiff a divorce and denying the wife’s counterclaim for separate maintenance.

The facts relevant to the issues on appeal are set forth below. The parties were married in 1961. This was a second marriage for the husband, entered into subsequent to his first wife’s death. The defendant had been married two times previously, both marriages having’ resulted in divorce. During the course of this marriage,…