Day v. Day

*386The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was a controversy between husband and wife. The plaintiff brought the suit asking for a divorce on the ground that his wife had been guilty of adultery, gross neglect of duty, and extreme cruelty. A female child was born of the marriage, which was about seven years old at the time of the trial, and for whose custody the plaintiff asked. In the answer and cross-petition of the defendant she denied the charges of marital misconduct, and alleged that the plaintiff had violated his marriage vows by frequent instances of extreme cruelty…