Hengen v. Hengen
Oregon Supreme Court
From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit for the dissolution of the marriage contract between the plaintiff and the defendant. The husband plaintiff founds his suit upon two counts.
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From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit for the dissolution of the marriage contract between the plaintiff and the defendant. The husband plaintiff founds his suit upon two counts. One is adultery alleged to have been committed by the wife with one Francis M. Hale on sundry occasions in the City of Chicago; the other is cruel and inhuman treatment in accusing the plaintiff of improper relations with other women and manifesting towards him a general nagging disposition. The defense consists of a denial of the charges of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The parties were married in Denver, Colorado, April 16, 1900, and after a married life of increasing rancor finally separated in Chicago, September 13, 1910. The plaintiff is a promoter. When he married her the defendant was a manicurist. As a side-light upon the dramatis personae we note that the plaintiff offered proof on cross-examination of the defendant and she admitted that prior to their marriage they made a trip from Denver to New York and back as man and wife about February, 1900. With this advertisement of each other’s characters and propensities it is not to be wondered that each…
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