Ward v. Ward
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The appellee, plaintiff in the district court, brought this action for divorce against her husband Robert Ward, the appellant, as defendant below, upon the two grounds of non- . support and, in the language of our statute, “ extreme or repeated acts of cruelty.”
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The appellee, plaintiff in the district court, brought this action for divorce against her husband Robert Ward, the appellant, as defendant below, upon the two grounds of non- . support and, in the language of our statute, “ extreme or repeated acts of cruelty.” The defendant filed an answer denying the allegations of the complaint, and therein, and by way of cross-complaint, under four separate statements, charged plaintiff with extreme and repeated acts of cruelty to him. By leave of court, an “additional cross-complaint” was filed by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Chile Justice Campbell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The principal errors assigned and argued here are, (1) the ruling of the court to the effect that the second and third grounds of divorce, as set up in defendant’s additional cross-complaint, were not sufficient to constitute causes of action; (2) certain rulings of the court in giving, refusing and modifying instructions; (3) the action of the court in receiving an incomplete verdict, and in not requiring the jury to pass upon all the issues tried.
In the second and third causes of action found in the additional cross-complaint, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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