De Vuist v. De Vuist

The bill of complaint alleges that plaintiff, a widower with two children, 11 and 3 years old, received a letter from defendant, then living in Belgium, and whom he had never seen, proposing that he should “come to Belgium and marry her;” that—

“being desirous of having someone to look after his home and his children, at the suggestion of the said defendant, he sent defendant’s transportation from Belgium to Detroit, and shortly thereafter married said defendant.”

The following are the allegations of “extreme and repeated cruelty” set up in the bill:

“(b) That almost immediately after said…