Cohen v. Cohen

ATWELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks judgment for a million dollars against her husband, the defendant, a resident of Texas. She enters this court under the diversity provision., Her petition contains twenty-two pages accompanied by, twenty-four exhibits. She complains of various wrongs, among which is an assault, charging unchasteness, and countless recitals as to the defendant’s alleged perverted life with other women.

The defendant moves to dismiss on the ground that she may not maintain such a suit.

It is immaterial, insofar as the law is concerned, whether the law of California, or the…