Reed v. Reed

In the trial court plaintiff in error (herein referred to as plaintiff or husband) was plaintiff in an action for divorce against defendant in error (herein referred to as defendant or wife). The husband’s complaint was grounded on “extreme and repeated acts of cruelty.” Issue was joined and at the conclusion of the husband’s case the trial court sustained a motion interposed by counsel for the wife for a directed verdict in her favor. From the judgment entered on the verdict the plaintiff brings the case here on writ of error.

The parties litigant were married in February 1946. No children…